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We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws.


Michael Grant

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ANDY MANGIN My assistant coach kept telling to me take it to the goal and get fouled. I just had to slow down an...
BEAU BROWN We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that'...
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BRIAN BLUME She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we wo...
KELLY ANDERSON Mark had to deal with some adversity and after missing the free throws could have hidden. But he sho...
JOE AIELLO When you don?t make your free throws and you don?t make the big stops, you can?t win games that way....
MARK FOWLER We didn't knock down our free throws like we'd like to. You shoot 100 free throws on game day but yo...
BRIAN THORNTON It's not like we weren't executing. We moved the puck well, we did everything we wanted to do. I giv...
DAVE HARACKIEWICZ Our free throws really hurt us bad. We had chances to win the game at the end, but we couldn't knock...
JENNIFER LONG Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games an...
GRANT MCCASLAND We were able to knock down our free throws. Fortunately we knocked some down in the fourth quarter t...
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MICHAEL PARRY We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
CHRIS DUHON All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to k...
ALEJO RODRIGUEZ We missed some free throws late that hurt us and had a couple of players who had terrible games defe...
BILLY STEED We missed some free throws late that hurt us and had a couple of players who had terrible games defe...
BILLY MACK STEED Obviously we've got some work to do. We make our free throws, we win by 10.
DEXTER IRVIN We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th...
AL GUTHMAN After a game like that, to think we were one rebound away and we couldn't get it. I told the kids it...
CARL MATTEI We've got to make our free throws and out-board our opponents if we're going to win any more games i...
BEN HOWLAND I'm not even sure we've shot a free throw. We haven't shot free throws in so long, I couldn't even t...
DAN DAKICH It comes down to free throws and execution.
MATT LOJESKI We didn't make shots. I give Ann Arbor credit. It's about making plays and making free throws down t...
MIKE MASSUCCI In big games, we'll need those free throws, so that's what we've been working on.
CAMILLE LITTLE Between games we talked about how we let each other down by not giving our best effort in a couple i...
ASHLEY LONCARICH We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain an...
JOE BLINE We cant afford to lose him halfway through the season.
DAVE BEAUDOIN Lon Morris is not going to go away and is a legitimate national championship contender. We did a goo...
BILL FOY We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1...
JOE HOSMAN Free throws always win games. Toward the end of the game, when it became crunch time, we hit some bi...
DANIEL DILLON We really wanted to focus on just executing on defense and really not backing down.
CHARLES THOMAS I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc...
EUGENE RICHARDSON We've been harping on ourselves about that. We knew we'd have to hit free throws to stay in it. We w...
AMANDA RADOVICH We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some...
JEFF BEEMAN Down the stretch, it came down to our guards hitting free throws. This is a game of runs, and we wer...
FRANK CASTILLO To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (Free throws) are our Achilles heel. When we start making free throws, we'll be a better team.
LOUGWIN SPANN Free throws, free throws. We missed some key free throws and we've been good with free throws. I thi...
ERNESTO ARREDONDO It seemed like we finally woke up in the overtime. That's not good overall, but we did start cashing...
SCOTT FITCH In the fourth it came down to us shooting our free throws. Fifteen out of our 17 points in the fourt...
DEIDRE HINZE We turned the ball over too many times in the third quarter and missed too many free throws down the...
JEFF GRESS Luckily we stepped up and made some big free-throws. ... We've had some games where [free-throws] ha...
CONNIE WEST That's when we seemed to get focused, whenever that happens. Our kids have been in some tough, close...
CURT DOBBS We didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free ...
BRIAN COLLINS Our guys were extremely fundamental catching it, shooting it, taking care of it. And then, of course...
JEFF BEERS We have to be really consistent and do the fundamental things well, like play good defense, rebound ...
CHARLES PATTILLO I've never been a good math student, but you're not going to catch up if they're making free throws ...
TOM PECORA We lost some games early in the season when we didn't knock down free throws when we needed to. It's...
JOE KONIECZNY We shouldn't have won that game. Carson outplayed us. We got lucky and hit some free throws. Our pla...
BRIAN VOYLES If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER I can't afford not to go.
DAVID HENSLEY You don't win many games when you're missing that many free throws, but we got the victory.
BRANDON KRUSEY Free throws really killed us. If you only make 1 of 4 free throws in an overtime, you're not going t...
BRIAN RICCI I think our bench really played well and we started to wear them down some. They started to come bac...
GORDY GRUHL We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and ...
BILL BUTHORN This was our Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre...
JAY HARPER It came down to free throws. They made theirs (9-13) and we didn't make ours (8-21).
BOB GONZALEZ We knew we were going to have to make our free throws to win.
BRADY BOMBER All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stret...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX This was our most impressive win of the season. We showed tremendous poise down the stretch, hitting...
OLLIE GOULSTON I think we made just enough (free throws) to keep our cushion.
TOM KLAWITTER We got behind and had to foul them, and they nailed their free throws. We cut a 17-point lead down.
BOB REED J.P. got a pretty good look but it just didn't drop. The games in this district are so close that it...
FRANK CASTILLO She's real quick and she knows how to knock down her free throws.
SARA SCHOPPER We were able to survive after we had a pretty good run on them in the first half. We were able to ma...
BRYCE SWAFFORD We made our assault at the end. And we made it with free throws.
KIRK CHENEY Free throws are why we lost our two district games. We focused on that and it's reassuring when we c...
DEIDRE HINZE We're real even matched teams. That one could have went either way. There were just so many turning ...
DOUG GRESETH We did a great job down the stretch shooting free throws. What can you say about Trey Wright. He is ...
RON WATSON It was another one of those games where it wasn't pretty. We missed a bunch of key free throws. We m...
BOB MARLIN We made our free throws late in the game and that was big.
JOEL SULLIVAN It just came down to who made the most free throws.
SARA SCHOPPER Down the stretch, the free-throw line was our nemesis. If we can get a couple of stops and make our ...
RICK CARLISLE When you're not very good at something like free throws you need some things to go your way to offse...
PAUL SATHER I was able to hit some free throws down the stretch and our inside play was good. Andrew was the dif...
JAMAAL MAGLOIRE I thought our pressure should have been better, but it got us in trouble with free throws. Boone was...
JAMES GREER We hit 29-of-37 free throws in the game and did not panic when they made their run.
CHUCK MAY We still missed some free throws, but not at the end. It helps to make baskets in the fourth quarter...
MIKE MONTGOMERY Free throws are obviously important. Clay took a lot more than we did but we did not capitalize on o...
BENNIE EDWARDS We're not a great free throw shooting team but the fact that we could make that many free throws her...
GENO AURIEMMA We were probably one batter away from knocking him out. But we let him off the hook and he settled d...
BOBBY HALFORD They started knocking down some shots. They took some things away with their defense, but we got som...
ADAM LORIA We had our opportunities (Tuesday). We just didn't make our shots when we had to and we missed too m...
DOUG BLEADORN We cannot afford to let our guard down,
MICHAEL CHERTOFF Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using ...
MALCOLM WALLOP A free and open Internet should not have to be weighed down by legal challenges - its dynamism is es...
ANNA ESHOO We got a little pay back, as they beat us by seven points in our gym. We came out of the blocks well...
MARK TINKER Our hands are tied, we can't walk away and we can't afford to leave.
FRED BALL We've got to make some free throws. We've shot ourselves in the foot time and time again at the foul...
DOUG FOOTE I really think we kept battling. We're still not real pretty and we're still making young mistakes b...
FRANK SCHADE We didn't shoot the ball the way we'd like to. Right away we missed four free throws. We just weren'...
BRIAN DEJONG The good news is we got 30 free throws. We hoped to do that by using our height advantage and we did...
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Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ...
MICHAEL GRANT A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go—
MICHAEL GRANT Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it?
“I’ve made some bad decisions,”...
MICHAEL GRANT But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are,
w...
MICHAEL GRANT It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu...
MICHAEL GRANT Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear.
“Yep,” Caine said. “That’...
MICHAEL GRANT But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain.
MICHAEL GRANT And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other.
“Why didn’t you just . . ....
MICHAEL GRANT I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ...
MICHAEL GRANT You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.”
“...
MICHAEL GRANT Do you love me?” Diana asked.
Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like...
MICHAEL GRANT Hunter woke suddenly. A noise.
It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ...
MICHAEL GRANT He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away.
He moved his hand up ...
MICHAEL GRANT Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto...
MICHAEL GRANT Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad.
“What’...
MICHAEL GRANT Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?”
MICHAEL GRANT And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d...
MICHAEL GRANT Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’...
MICHAEL GRANT He’s not the first to say that.
MICHAEL GRANT Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch.
MICHAEL GRANT Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd...
MICHAEL GRANT The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi...
MICHAEL GRANT Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam.
“Okay. Approved.”
“Dah...
MICHAEL GRANT First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv...
MICHAEL GRANT Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations.
MICHAEL GRANT Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked.
“What do you want with Sam?”
“I can’t take care ...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin...
MICHAEL GRANT Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t...
MICHAEL GRANT At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee...
MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ...
MICHAEL GRANT Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ...
MICHAEL GRANT I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps.
“You don’t have to move out,�...
MICHAEL GRANT The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a...
MICHAEL GRANT