Al Gooden quote: "We want to get back to state anytime, regardless of who we're playing. We wanted to get back to the championship, but what playing Forest Park does is they can put faces with that team. When you say Forest Park, they can see those guys and understand who they are from playing them last year."

We did have pretty good spacing.
AL GOODEN

It's been tough this year, it's been tough. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you a story. It's been t...
AL GOODEN

That's what we wanted to do, get it to him as much as we could.
AL GOODEN

He told us before that regardless of what happened, he would come back and finish out the year with ...
AL GOODEN

I'd like to think it's how we play, not just because of who we play.
AL GOODEN

We knew we were going to have to run the offense more and move the ball quickly around the perimeter...
AL GOODEN

The guys off the bench really gave us the effort we have been looking for.
AL GOODEN

It was great to see Jermaine there. He had been telling me all week he was going to be here.
AL GOODEN

We sit down in that zone and guard the perimeter, and kept our feet and quit reaching. That's why we...
AL GOODEN

I don't know (how the opponents prepare for the Hawks' quickness). If you don't have it, you can't p...
AL GOODEN

Their guards did a good job, and they were the key. We knew we were low on guards, and they had two ...
AL GOODEN

He has taken a pounding in there, but people are finding out, he is a lot stronger than what they th...
AL GOODEN

We had some young guys and they weren't mentally tough enough to handle that. I think this team righ...
AL GOODEN

I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.
DWIGHT GOODEN

I don't feel any pressure. I just try to stay calm, follow my game plan and try not to overthrown.
DWIGHT GOODEN

Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.
DWIGHT GOODEN

If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Win...
DWIGHT GOODEN

The sirens are an outdoor warning system. They're not effective late at night when most people are i...
BARRY GOODEN

If you live in a mobile home, during the tornado watch you need to be getting ready to leave, perhap...
BARRY GOODEN

The airplane basically needs winds flowing under and over the wing for it to fly. When that wind or ...
BARRY GOODEN

One of our newer systems that we're expecting will kind of put all of these things together. We'll b...
BARRY GOODEN

With downbursts, they can be as damaging or as destructive as tornadoes.
BARRY GOODEN

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should ...
DWIGHT GOODEN

This is the new me.
DWIGHT GOODEN

the beast that is always hungry, wanting more coke and laughing at my attempts to get clean and sobe...
DWIGHT GOODEN

I have a problem, sir, with cocaine. I had a cocaine relapse.
DWIGHT GOODEN

He saw that he wasn't getting the ball, and he gave up. He just gave up. That's the best way I can p...
HERMAN GOODEN

Here we are in the state championships. This was not the time to be quiet. It's a time for everybody...
HERMAN GOODEN

Tracey always surprises me. He'll get a steal out of nowhere or hit a shot. Tonight he just stepped ...
HERMAN GOODEN

We blew everybody out (in the league), and then when we played Regis it was an unnecessarily close g...
HERMAN GOODEN

Instead of treating it like another game, they treated it like a championship. Instead of playing to...
HERMAN GOODEN

They both hurt. The feeling I had yesterday was the same one I have today.
DREW GOODEN

It seemed like every possession the ball was in Allen Iverson's hands and they were just creating wi...
DREW GOODEN

We know the feeling of having 30 wins at the All-Star break and not making the playoffs. We don't wa...
DREW GOODEN

A lot of the guys are wearing the leg warmers now. I don't think they look bad.
DREW GOODEN

(Marshall) was great for us tonight off the bench. He gave us that spurt. And he was making some bac...
DREW GOODEN

I talked to the coach and we've got a back-to-back with a game (Saturday). I'm kind of nursing this ...
DREW GOODEN

They're a team that's going to grind it. We fought back and kept our composure. We kept executing.
DREW GOODEN

I was doing my Donyell Marshall impersonation.
DREW GOODEN

I've been coming doing my job and going home. That's what this has become for me. I've been in so ma...
DREW GOODEN

That's the best team in the league. They have a (championship) ring. We see them as the measuring st...
DREW GOODEN

I'm very sorry for these actions. And I thank the state for giving me the opportunity to get along w...
DWIGHT GOODEN

He is an addict - period,
DWIGHT GOODEN

if police had picked you up, we wouldn't be talking right now.
DWIGHT GOODEN

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you w...
DWIGHT GOODEN

When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me...
DWIGHT GOODEN

I love the fans and I appreciate how much they care for me.
DWIGHT GOODEN

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.
DWIGHT GOODEN

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should ...
DWIGHT GOODEN

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple...
DWIGHT GOODEN

The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't slee...
DWIGHT GOODEN

Ladies, don't get the misconception of the story of Ruth and Boaz and think a man is going to come a...
CHLOE M. GOODEN

The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorro...
AL-HASAN AL-BASRI

I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are co...
AL GORE

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
AL GORE

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
AL JARREAU

You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything ...
AL FRANKEN

Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in ...
AL GOLDSTEIN

My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuf...
AL JARDINE

People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We l...
AL ROKER

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
AL GORE

The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the c...
AL GORE

My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have acce...
AL FRANKEN

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTON

I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy ...
AL SHARPTON

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal...
AL SHARPTON

To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If yo...
AL OERTER

I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best.
AL OERTER

It was like a tidal wave went through the city.
AL OERTER

It has to be the '80 Olympic hockey team.
AL OERTER

I never had technique.
AL OERTER

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at eac...
AL OERTER

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.
AL SHARPTON

Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognitio...
AL PEACOCK

I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a ...
AL PAZAR

There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be ...
AL PAZAR

Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish.
AL PAZAR

Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. Th...
AL PAZAR

It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-a...
AL PAZAR

That's fine if you keep playing this record over and over. It is going to be a very strong spring. T...
AL PARISH

It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that indust...
AL PARISH

Even though it's not the biggest property, it's getting in excess of $300 a night for a room. That's...
AL PARISH

It doesn't mean that everybody's condo went up 37 percent. It means they built more expensive condos...
AL PARISH

CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas...
AL NUGENT

That's Fry. She settled down and came through for us.
AL NORTHINGTON

We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit.
AL NORTHINGTON

We didn't finish in that game. Tonight we finished.
AL NORTHINGTON

We made some mental mistakes, but we're still so young, and that's going to happen. Our four freshme...
AL NORTHINGTON

I'm so proud of these kids. It's a wonderful feeling to see these kids progress. This is a win for t...
AL NORTHINGTON

The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic gr...
AL HUBBARD

The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit.
AL HUBBARD

It's coming from the American taxpayer.
AL HUBBARD

The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth.
AL HUBBARD

Poverty is a lagging indicator. It is sort of the last ratio that declines with an expanding economy...
AL HUBBARD

The president is totally committed to Social Security reform.
AL HUBBARD

Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We'...
AL HORFORD

Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villa...
AL HORFORD

It's great to see your son doing his job on the court. But it was no surprise.
AL HORFORD

There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times...
AL HORFORD

We're so anxious for the game to get here.
AL HORFORD

We lost most of our scoring (from a year ago). But we knew we were going to come out here and make t...
AL HORFORD

You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it.
AL HORFORD

You could just see it in their eyes. That's when we go for the kill.
AL HORFORD

I am feeling a lot better; I'm taking care of myself drinking a lot of fluids and stuff. So I feel p...
AL HORFORD

They were leaving the wrong guy open. When you leave Lee, he's going to make you pay for it.
AL HORFORD

[He could belt out traditional blues and jazz with the best of them, but -- to the dismay of jazz pu...
AL HIRT

I don't know, ... I do not know.
AL HIRT

I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated.
AL HIRT

The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ...
AL HIRT

When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo...
AL HIRT

Rich could play way better than Krupa.
AL HIRT

Old Sharkey had a fat sound, man. He could blow like wild fire and when he played, I am telling you,...
AL HIRT

I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business.
AL HIRT

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style.
AL HIRT

You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested ...
AL HIRSCHFELD

We arrived at Penn Station, took the Amsterdam Avenue street car to the end of the line. There was a...
AL HIRSCHFELD

You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done, ... I am only intereste...
AL HIRSCHFELD

When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc...
AL HIRSCHFELD

Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go.
AL HIRSCHFELD

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
AL HIRSCHFELD

$250,000 isn't a lot, but it is enough to make a statement. We are looking for projects that will be...
AL HENRY

I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex...
AL HENRY

Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine.
AL HENRY

This is an OK way to end it. As far as I'm concerned, our team is the winner.
AL HENRY

I know the feds give us the same amount of money, as does the state, as does the county. But there's...
AL HARTKOPF

A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap.
AL HARTKOPF

I knew it was going to end up badly.
AL HARTKOPF

If it causes a little bit of difficulty for us, it just does.
AL HARTKOPF

I have very mixed feelings on it. I totally get where the commissioners are coming from. I see the p...
AL HARTKOPF

Would've, could've, should've. The bottom line is we didn't do it.
AL HARRIS

It wasn't him. It was us. We did it. We weren't afraid of Randy. We hurt our damn selves. On that se...
AL HARRIS

I wish him the best of luck. Of course, I want to win the game.
AL HARRIS

I don't think they were attacking me. I think they were going to their guy.
AL HARRIS

They have some serious weapons. We're going to have our hands full on Sunday.
AL HARRIS

He was with Detroit. I'm pretty sure we have some film on him. But it's no secret what they do.
AL HARRIS

You've got to watch yourself.
AL HARRIS

Bad! We needed it to pick ourselves back up.
AL HARRIS

It's not going to get any easier for us. I mean, the schedule only gets tougher. We've got to find a...
AL HARRIS

[In the end, not even the magic of No. 4, combined with the solid play of a young defense that seeme...
AL HARRIS

We could not put the ball in the hole, but the biggest thing is we did not get any stops defensively...
AL HARRINGTON

When someone is scoring like that, everybody else isn't involved. When they do shoot, they're ice co...
AL HARRINGTON

I'm sure he is from everything I hear, but I've got to wait until that happens.
AL HARRINGTON

When you're a bad team, you don't get any benefit-of-the-doubt calls. You see it on TV, the media kn...
AL HARRINGTON

It's been a long time coming.
AL HARRINGTON

I don't think you guys realize sometimes how connected we really are in that locker room. We are a f...
AL HARRINGTON

I got the call when I was getting into my car. I can't (pretend); I cried like a baby. I cried as so...
AL HARRINGTON

That's nonsense, and it's not fair to Coach and not fair to Jason. Jason never complained about anyt...
AL HARRINGTON

It's almost funny before you realize how sad it is. You want to try and tell somebody how to brace f...
AL HARRINGTON

Believe it or not, when it left my hand, it felt good.
AL HARRINGTON

It helps us determine which candidate might be the right match for Blue Valley Middle School.
AL HANNA

We are looking for a well-qualified, experienced administrator.
AL HANNA

He already knows a great deal about us and our operations. We think he will work well with staff and...
AL HANNA

Scott was very well-qualified for this position. We feel like he will just hit the ground running.
AL HANNA

This is a very tough loss for us. We felt like we had the game, but I have to give them credit. They...
AL HAMMELL

We'll really get into the fundamentals. It's something we hope to build on each year.
AL HAMMELL

I was impressed by how well our players interacted.
AL HAMMELL

It's about getting the younger players excited about baseball. We'll look forward to doing it each y...
AL HAMMELL

It was a great clinic for the first year.
AL HAMMELL

We had our players helping out with instruction.
AL HAMMELL

It's just something I've been doing for 10 years.
AL HAMMELL

We had about a total of over 50 kids this year.
AL HAMMELL

I think it is a very, very prestigious award for Story County. It shows that we are truly energy eff...
AL HAHN

If we don't go any further than we are right now, it is an extreme award for Story County.
AL HAHN

It is wonderful to be able to imagine a building system of this magnitude and then have it work at t...
AL HAHN

It goes to show that the first year wasn't a fluke.
AL HAHN

Our defense was just fantastic as it has been all year. It has been the backbone of our team all yea...
AL GUTHMAN

Our kids play hard and when you play hard, you don't notice people in the gym.
AL GUTHMAN

We've had their number the last two years, but you have different players on both teams. We'll have ...
AL GUTHMAN

We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th...
AL GUTHMAN

Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded...
AL GROH

When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him...
AL GROH

That means you're not going to cover those guys because if you start covering the short guys in zone...
AL GROH

Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that. Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet take ...
AL GROH

Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that, ... Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet t...
AL GROH

He's probably come on a little fast, ... That probably was the pleasant surprise of it.
AL GROH

We just kind of kept grinding. I was pleased with that: that idea about being a grinder and not gett...
AL GROH

They keep grinding and grinding until it has a cumulative effect on the opposition. It tends to wear...
AL GROH

His whole game has progressed. It probably would be unfair to Emmanuel to say that it's one thing or...
AL GROH

It's not going to be a six-month situation. We have to prepare for the duration.
AL GREEN

GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement...
AL GREEN

This is a ministry that has been given to me.
AL GREEN

Texas was settled by people who were willing to fence in their property and protect it. We take seri...
AL GREEN

It's you I want, but it's Him that I need.
AL GREEN

There's a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from be...
AL GREEN

People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't ...
AL GREEN

I'm thankful for every moment.
AL GREEN

Some times in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.But, if we are wise, we know that ther...
AL GREEN

This agreement recognizes the contributions our employees make and at the same time allows GM of Can...
AL GREEN

This year, each game, we want to go out and give our best. Our goal right now is to finish in the up...
AL GRAY

There's a freshman who Aaron has taken under his wing. He's done an excellent job with him, teaching...
AL GRAY

If you look at the returning marquee kids in the league ... [they] are tailbacks. A couple of years ...
AL BAGNOLI

We've got a chance to be a decent defense. We're not there yet.
AL BAGNOLI

Any time you get a different color jersey, it's beneficial and it also give you an idea of where you...
AL BAGNOLI

He is really a talented kid. We're still pretty young on the defensive side of the ball, and he prov...
AL BAGNOLI

We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, ...
AL BAGNOLI

We want to get back to state anytime, regardless of who we're playing. We wanted to get back to the championship, but what playing Forest Park does is they can put faces with that team. When you say Forest Park, they can see those guys and understand who they are from playing them last year.

Al Gooden

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