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ED MILLER They're not much different than what we see all year long in our league. But we have to bring our A-...
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HASSAN ADAMS The game was over. It shouldn't be a game after that, but we let them in the game and fortunately we...
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BRIAN PERKES Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
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RYAN MILLER Their experience can be a factor. We have to be confident in our game.
COREY BREWER Not to be disrespectful, but we expected to win this game.
MATT HASSELBECK We have to be steady and play our golf. If we can keep our heads in the game, it won't be a problem.
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ALISSA SHEFTIC They took it to us. It should not have happened like that. They just came off a six-game road trip a...
EDDIE JORDAN We were not ready to play as physical of a game as we expected to. We need to have a sense of urgenc...
CAROL OWENS It doesn't mean a thing. We've got to bring our best game to win in the playoffs, no matter who we p...
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ALISON LACEY It was a tight game like I expected. Stowe came out hard and I think we match up pretty evenly in te...
LUKE CIOFFI We need to win one more game to qualify but it is great for our mindset. It is definitely a statemen...
ELTON BRAND It was a great game, an exciting game. We had a shot to win it at the end. We got behind, but battle...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX We have added some real depth in areas. Our (newcomers) will be a real positive part of the 10-game ...
JEFF HEACOCK It was obviously good we won the game, and I was able to play a part in it. It definitely helped me ...
BENJAMIN WATSON We felt that we were definitely the better team, we just had to show it. We knew if we played our ga...
ADAM CAMPBELL What will happen if we go to 0 day?
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CHRIS HENDERSON It will be a scramble game. They definitely have a shot to win it all. We're gonna have our work cut...
ADAM BARRETT With Lufkin's offensive power we expected a close game. We were up early and had a 3 to 1 lead at th...
HANS KLEINSCHMIDT We hope to bring our best effort for the championship game because it's going to be a battle, that's...
JASON DOMINICK In that first half, they came out and hit us a little harder than we expected. This is a big game fo...
JOEL PRZYBILLA It was definitely important to get the playoff spot. We knew it was going to be really physical beca...
MATT METCALF This is a win that we can build on. We will have to bring a lot of energy and find our rhythm in the...
BOB ALANIZ They're a tough team. We're going to have to bring our 'A' game.
LUKE ENOS We just have to take it one game at a time. We haven't played our best game. We all know that.
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KAREL BRUCKNER I expected (the pressure defense) from the beginning of the game. It's not as if we weren't prepared...
LIZ BERNSTEIN We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Yes, there certainly was pressure, but there was also still a game to be played and we had confidenc...
JOE CROCCO We did better than expected. We faced a tough team and we prevailed. We got to se our team work in d...
DAVID REHR We expected a match like that, when the game was in the balance it was clear we would have to suffer...
CARLO ANCELOTTI We have a right to life, not on it.
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BETSY RIETEMA Brittany Wilson pitched a great game.
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JEFF NEWHALL We had the advantage of playing in a huge arena like this. Last year, we were just grateful to be he...
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VERONICA ROTH I deposited Drew at the infirmary a half hour ago.
VERONICA ROTH I would like to experience this 'date' phenomenon.
VERONICA ROTH And don't call me 'Four', okay? It's nice to hear my name again.
VERONICA ROTH I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a...
VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa...
VERONICA ROTH In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we fi...
VERONICA ROTH I have to get out.
VERONICA ROTH Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ...
VERONICA ROTH she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet...
VERONICA ROTH Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming f...
VERONICA ROTH His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my chee...
VERONICA ROTH If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'...
VERONICA ROTH Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.
There is too much I ...
VERONICA ROTH You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe...
VERONICA ROTH I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne...
VERONICA ROTH Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.
VERONICA ROTH Why is your heart racing Tris?
VERONICA ROTH You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't...
VERONICA ROTH Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training."
Since when does "overseei...
VERONICA ROTH I'll be your family now," he says.
"I love you," I say. (....)
He stares at me. I wait wi...
VERONICA ROTH People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab...
VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua...
VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can...
VERONICA ROTH