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We talk about coming up short all the time. What's been our driving force is we still have a shot at a CCS title in basketball.


Joe Collins

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BERNIE BICKERSTAFF We're just looking for a chance to swim good again and have a shot at (the title). We're not thinkin...
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DAWN DAVIS This definitely could be my last shot at a title, ... This is my third shot at a world title so I ha...
JULIO GONZALEZ We know that Seymour has a lot of state tournament experience. We have a lot of respect for them. Bu...
BRIAN RICHERT I do envision championship basketball and when you talk about championship basketball, you talk abou...
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DAVID BARNES We would still have athletics at Manual. We would still have basketball at every school.
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DAVE FOUCH The owners at the time thought, well, we’re going to have to give all this money back, ... And he c...
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CEDRIC HAWKINS As I told the guys, we still have a glimmer of hope. We just have to take them one game at a time. W...
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CEDRIC HAWKINS That's all we've talked about is defense, defense, defense, ... Now we're coming out and backing up ...
TROY MURPHY That's all we've talked about is defense, defense, defense. Now we're coming out and backing up our ...
TROY HUDSON To finish third out of 32 teams is a great accomplishment for our kids, program and coaching staff, ...
ALEX HERNANDEZ This means we left our mark on Burgettstown basketball. The section title will be up there on a bann...
CHRISTIAN GOETZ We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny!
ABHISHEK KUMAR He's certainly not a freshman playing major college basketball. He's a man. We talk about that all t...
GEORGE BLANEY I still think that we have a hesitance to talk about things racial. And I think we do it at our detr...
ERIC HOLDER We talk about our offense might slump a bit, but defense never slumps. You have to play defense all ...
JAY MELTON We had an outstanding season. The kids played great all season. We just came up a little short in th...
CAROLYN ECKHARDT The season has been going pretty good. I think I have a pretty good shot at the state title this yea...
MITCH BAKER People talk all the time about our freshmen. But where would we be without our seniors?
GEORGE PORCHA We made some big shots when we needed them. That's something we talked about coming off the Michigan...
THAD MATTA All of the seniors have been playing varsity since our freshman year, and we haven't won the section...
KATIE RILEY At times, we've stagnated a little on offense. We still haven't played our best basketball yet.
AUSTIN KIRBY I actually thought this kind of game might be coming; we had our best practice of the season last ni...
JAY MOORE A division title is still within our grasp. We might have to win seven of eight to get it, but it's ...
CRAIG MACTAVISH In America we're looking for future stars and we're coming up short a bit, ... There is so much now ...
CHRIS EVERT We fought. We battled. We stuck to our game plan and stuck together. We did all that and still came ...
TIM WELSH The problem is we play our best basketball when we get our backs against the wall. We didn't have ou...
MARCEL JONES We do have a credible force in the region and are prepared to use it in an appropriate way at a time...
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KYLE PENNEY We were sick about that. Kerry Collins is not the fastest guy, first of all.
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BASIL MIKE This year, we had our slump in the beginning, and it's better to have in the beginning than at the e...
CRAIG SMITH We did everything we could to change things up, and we still got off to a rough start. But we adjust...
DAVE HIXON A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here?
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We should talk about moving the fair parade to Fort Collins. We lost the ball somewhere. I know Love...
ROBERT SCOTT We put it all together, ... We still have three more to go. There's definitely still a shot. Obvious...
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THICH NHAT HANH We always go out to win, every time. We are down to just eight guys now, but we are still playing go...
EDGAR MORENO [The obvious questions concerning animosity between members have of course arisen. After all, both G...
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ASTON TEAL We just kicked his butt. Every time we have a debate, he talks about milking cows and all this pap, ...
DICK LEGGITT But we have all grown up in the Premiership and we always used to talk about that while we were in S...
MICHAEL OWEN Of the 42 tournaments at that time, probably as many as 15 or more were looking for title sponsors b...
DICK ELLIS we
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in the morning.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI We knew Notre Dame was coming out to make plays. They have a ton of talent [but] we always talk abou...
A.J. HAWK Don't knock what you don't know.
DEYON ANTEKO PITTER This is my first leading-rider title since 1973, and I'm enjoying every moment, ... It's been a long...
JAMES BROOKS a major reason why we wake up each day is to know the real reasons why we wake up each day
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We all believe we have a shot. We've been through a bunch of changes, but the band is tighter than i...
ART HILL As I told the guys, we still have a glimmer of hope. We just have to take them one game at a time. W...
CEDRIC HAWKINS Every goal that we wanted to accomplish, we accomplished. [Besides], we'll come out and have another...
BOB BRYAN In that game, they shot about thirty 3s. They were driving a lot more this time. They are a good tea...
ABBY BRENKACH The short-term goal is him being in our top-nine forwards. We think he can do that. Once he gets the...
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Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Stra...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
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"Yes! Perfect. One is always much bra...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.
Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final def...
SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home.
P...
SUZANNE COLLINS Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that a...
SUZANNE COLLINS The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I th...
SUZANNE COLLINS Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.
SUZANNE COLLINS But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you...
SUZANNE COLLINS The mayor finishes the dreary Treaty of Treason and motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are...
SUZANNE COLLINS She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in ...
SUZANNE COLLINS When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the...
SUZANNE COLLINS But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mi...
SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta's awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as the trio of doctors rea...
SUZANNE COLLINS He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’...
SUZANNE COLLINS But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?"

"Yea...
SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say.

"For what? Nothing's...
SUZANNE COLLINS It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I k...
SUZANNE COLLINS If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my b...
SUZANNE COLLINS Y de repente es cómo si no existiera nadie más en el mundo que estas dos personas que atraviesan e...
SUZANNE COLLINS Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l...
SUZANNE COLLINS Lucky thing were allies, right?
-Finnick Odair
SUZANNE COLLINS I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so f...
SUZANNE COLLINS I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best."

Well, there's no good resp...
SUZANNE COLLINS Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say.
"It must b...
SUZANNE COLLINS Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept ...
SUZANNE COLLINS I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.
SUZANNE COLLINS Do you find this...distracting?
SUZANNE COLLINS Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you nee...
SUZANNE COLLINS Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.
SUZANNE COLLINS And if we burn, you burn with us.
SUZANNE COLLINS My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.
WILKIE COLLINS Destroying things is much easier than making them.
SUZANNE COLLINS Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be ha...
SUZANNE COLLINS If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.
SUZANNE COLLINS And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable.
SUZANNE COLLINS Hope,” said Vikus. “There are times it will be very hard to find. Times when it will be much eas...
SUZANNE COLLINS