We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, which is never easy. Maybe our expectations were not what they should have been. I think he had a productive year, even though it was somewhat inconsistent to Mike Mitchell and Gavin Hoffman.
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Related The kids have busted their butts all year. They worked hard and we had excellent practices. We were ... BRIAN KAPUSTA Mike the trial attorney is exceptionally prepared, talented, and in regard how he runs a case in cou... WOODY VANN That year we had that big lead early [in the season], but this year has been a tough fight. That tim... JEFF WILLIAMS When you replace a Jeremiah a year ago and try to replace Hugh this year, we would never ask those g... BRIAN DAWKINS They were not easy inside. Our guards got the ball where it needed to go very consistently, which ha... BOYD JONES The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, w... RACHEL DRATCH We have been inconsistent on offense this year and we were today. I was pleased with our defense. We... DENIS FREEMAN there was a perception created of incompetence, some even said callousness and he needs to replace i... TIM RUSSERT But I kept thinking it didn't seem to matter. I had talented guys around him. It seemed as though ou... DEAN TORRENCE We were just throwing hard, high heat. We were trying to get them to chase it, which they were. Cour... DAVE BREON Everyone kind of had it a foregone conclusion that Mike wouldn't be back, but you don't just get rid... TONY DUNGY I think that his ability to reach out to people was because of his sincerity in what he was doing. A... ZIGGY MARLEY Last year, we came into the season with no expectations. This year, the expectations got higher and ... GARY COBB Last year when Kyle was trying to win his second straight title, it pushed Evan, too. It made him wo... JOSH BAUMAN I don't know if Mifflin shot it that well all year, but they shot it extremely well in the first hal... DAVE GUSTIN Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD It was last year. Last year, we were really talented, and we have everyone returning. TONY HURT I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record i... ROGER MARIS There are some excellent golfers in the area, no doubt. But I definitely think Tyson had a lot to do... BOB GATES He's been our leader all year. He was voted player of the year in our division by the other coaches ... ROBB AUDETTE I think it's totally wrong to charge the sheriff. Right, wrong or indifferent, people were in need. ... TERRY STEED I had higher expectations and the kids had higher expectations, but realistically we had a lot of ki... KEVIN ALKIRE This is the hardest part of our business. We were trying to come up with some creative ways to still... DONNIE NELSON It's the first championship match these guys have been in, I don't think they were trying to turn it... BILLY MITCHELL I'm looking forward to not playing Darrel Mitchell. He's been a thorn in our side. He dunks, falls o... STAN HEATH This is a lifelong dream. We have high expectations at Grandview and he set his goal this year. We w... ANDY DISABATO We were trying to stay poised; that was our main focus, to handle their runs. They're a talented tea... BRANDON LINCOLN He was always in the scheme of things and we had only been trying others against Sri Lanka, which is... KIRAN MORE That was huge for us because to that point right there I wasn't sure what kind of kids I had this ye... MARCELO ENRIQUEZ He stepped down a year ago, but we couldn't find anyone to replace him. He agreed to stay one for on... SCOTT RAFTERY I always felt that Mike was going to replace me as the head coach at Penn State. The question is, am... RUSS ROSE We were picked first, and Will reflected those expectations. So I was surprised he didn't win Coach ... LEE MCELROY Some of it was depth. We had some injuries to key people. I think we have a little more balance this... DONNA MARTIN Last year we were a team, but I think maybe we were a little unsure, ... We had a new quarterback, a... MICHAEL STRAHAN He can consider himself unlucky. We were looking for someone with a little more penetration. McGrath... TREVOR HOHNS There was a big to-do about this team last year. We had big expectations. We made it clear this year... BLAIR ALBRIGHT But I felt like Pablo Escobar felt like he was an honorable businessman. And when he killed people, ... CLIFF CURTIS We had to replace four coaches from last year's staff and I'm very pleased with the personnel we wer... WALT HARRIS We don't know if the notice was never sent or if it was sent and got lost in the mail, ... What I do... BRUCE NELSON Early in the year, we had everybody trying to hit home runs. Everybody was trying to do the spectacu... BUZZ PETERSON He was a man with eyebrows, or maybe they were eyebrows with a man. Ownership would have been hard t... N.D. WILSON She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan ... MEG WOLITZER He assured us that they were trying to work very quickly to resolve some of the issues. CHUCK SMITH They were things for which it was impossible to prepare but which one spent a lifetime looking back ... JHUMPA LAHIRI It's nice to know they're a little more comfortable this year than they were last year. Last year wa... APRIL STARY What happened was that because my dad had made 'Sesame Street' and it was a huge hit, everyone said,... BRIAN HENSON He was the best player at 20 last year and the stats proves it. He was not elevated to the varsity t... RUBEN RODRIGUEZ [Chris Osgood said he didn't think much about playing his former teammates. He knew them well, thoug... DOUG WEIGHT What I always said about Al was that he had a rough exterior, but inside he was a big teddy bear. He... MARK BRANGER He had to wait a lot, sit and wait. He was always trying to improve himself. These were not frivolou... GAIL WILSON 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON It was just one more push that I needed to go through. Even though we have been struggling a little ... BEN WISSEL I (think) he was trying to find some hint of his childhood. He struggled with the memories. That may... JOE ELY Chris has always been a good player, but I never thought he was going to become the type of scoring ... DAN SCHWARTZ That's not the way she played all year. I thought Destiny Mitchell kept us in the game. Some of the ... JAMES FORTHMAN The program was very beneficial. It was big of him to tell his story. I think he is the best speaker... COURTNEY CUNNINGHAM He had a banged-up senior year and never got recovered. He's the most talented player on the team. H... JOHN PERRY We aren't a big team and they were two of our biggest players. The guys we'll be putting in to repla... GREG HIRSCH Definitely. We were dribbling when we would have been passing, playing short balls that should have ... BILL DENT It was a heart-to-heart talk where he was feeling very badly that two of his friends had been accuse... JOSEPH TOWLE But he thinks the game so well, and you don't have to skate as well if you're a real intelligent pla... BARRY TROTZ I thought we had them. They were very aggressive. At the end I think we had the 'I' thing. It's a te... GREG WHITE As a coach, you hate to see your kids in pain and suffering a little bit. So I was just trying to en... BUDDY ALEXANDER It's never easy when you lose that many starters in a year. Fortunately, we have a very solid progra... LORI JOHNSON We had an older furnace for several years and were looking at the need to replace it in the coming y... MIKE MCCOY They were just trying to figure out, as I have done for the last year and a half, who did what to Ju... BRIDGET BOYLE Maybe they were easy shots, and we weren't guarding him. I know he had one wide-open shot in front o... GREG KAMPE It was nice to see how hard he was trying to beat my record because perhaps now people will realize ... JOHN MCENROE He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3point shots when they were trying ... BILLY DONOVAN He got me. It wasn't too bad of a pitch, maybe (it) caught a lot of the plate though. It was down, a... GREG MADDUX I think it's been his actions. Even from the beginning, they've been, you know, just awkward. He was... DAVE HOLLOWAY Every year we keep thinking this is the last year. The sixth year we were sure was the end, then the... MARK STERN We want to win it this year. You have to win the first game, though. The morning games are very, ver... DAVE WEBER I think we completely lost our composure. We were up and it was like we were just trying to find a w... WALLY SZCZERBIAK The thing about Graham, and I told him this the first day of camp, is when we played Portland last y... BRUCE BOUDREAU It was a tough game. It was very fast and very exciting. They got the first goal on us, which has be... HOWIE DRAPER It was our second game of the year, we hadn't established any lines and we were rusty. Oh yeah (they... BRIAN HOLT He had a way of making you feel like you were the most important guy on the team. I think a lot of t... GARY CONELLY He was trying to make me more of a team player, not alter me as a person. That caused some friction,... BEN BENNETT I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The ... ROGER MARIS I think I messed Charlie up last year, and he's too good of a person, too good of a talent not to be... TOMMY BOWDEN Last year, we had over 500 people attend the children's show and I expect that we'll have a lot more... CONNIE CATION We got third in the consolation game last year, but this one was more fun because we were excited to... JEFF VANDERLOO We dug ourselves a big hole tonight. These are good kids and I love these kids and it's not like we ... JOE AUSTIN As they were walking, a beggar came up, holding his hand out and crying, "Baksheesh! Baksheesh!" JEFFREY EUGENIDES After that conversation everything was very positive. I thought he really bought into what we were t... LARRY BROWN It was one of those things where we were going to stay even though last year was difficult, and we a... BERNIE ZIPP He created and made some things happen. He made some very timely 3-point shots when they were trying... BILLY DONOVAN He did a great job. He didn't trying to feel it enough where he was forcing bad shots. For the most ... MARK ATHERTON I was disappointed with our effort in some matches, but the kids wrestled good enough for us to win.... BILL PLEIN There were some times when I thought we didn't perform to our capabilities offensively. It may have ... DAVE HOWARD As we spent time trying to play catch up, it was even harder trying to establish the run. We still h... DON PATTERSON There were a lot of ideas, maybe even some we had not considered. It was good to get that feedback. DANA HARTLEY He was an energetic player. In the year we practiced, I never saw anybody steal the ball from him. H... BYRON LARKIN On the same lot where we were filming Date Movie was a movie that Hugh Grant was filming. I think he... ADAM CAMPBELL Another year he had a shoulder problem. Those who were there will remember him skating towards the b... JEAN BELIVEAU I think that was the shot that broke them. They were trying to take it [the momentum] from us, but h... JUSTIN ROSE It was the type of game we expected: very, very, very physical. They are a very physical team. The f... JACQUES CURTIS There was no talk of payback. I have a lot of respect for Don and his kids. They were the better tea... JOE GRIPPO Last year, we had a couple drinks and played some soccer. We came back, and I was taking a shower. M... AARON TORRES
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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 You never know. I don't want to take anything away from Harvard. On that day they were obviously the... AL BAGNOLI We're cautiously optimistic. We think we're going to have a lot of skill on this team, but we have s... AL BAGNOLI Kyle was a remarkable young man, a true scholar-athlete, an ambassador for Penn, a tremendous teamma... AL BAGNOLI He'll do more in terms of the development end, the fundraising end, the facilities end of it. He'll ... AL BAGNOLI I'm not really sure what the presidents' rationale is for why 31 teams can go [to the postseason] an... AL BAGNOLI Bryan Walker has the most snaps and the best recall of some of the things we did. AL BAGNOLI We're still erratic. It's somewhat to be expected -- we have a lot of coaching changes. We've tweake... AL BAGNOLI 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 CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT 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 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 What the final product is going to be, I can't tell you. I can tell you he's hitting the ball well. ... AL AVILA He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean. AL AVILA He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of g... AL AVILA His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, i... AL AVILA If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in th... AL AVILA You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid ... AL AVILA We feel confident that the Tampa Bay area and our community can produce a successful Republican conv... AL AUSTIN You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. AL AUSTIN We lost out by a flip of the coin. This time that's not going to happen. AL AUSTIN They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family... AL AUSTIN They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. AL AUSTIN We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. AL ATTLES The most important thing is that they won the game. And that's what I've always said about Wilt's 10... AL ATTLES He never saw me play ball in high school. You had to rely on relationships or a friend who knew of a... AL ATTLES When a man scores 81 points in a regulation game, that speaks volumes. AL ATTLES We will continue martyrdom operations throughout Palestine until the occupation leaves. The barriers... AL AQSA We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of oc... AL AQSA We will continue to brandish our weapons in the face of the occupation (Israel) as Gaza is only the ... AL AQSA We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, AL AQSA The loss of the West Bank was a shock to everyone, AL AQSA decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis. AL AQSA to continue the struggle. AL AQSA nobody can disarm the resistance movements without a political resolution. AL AQSA The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy... AL AQSA The occupation will pay a heavy price for this crime, AL AQSA And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money. AL ALVAREZ I hate writing. AL ALVAREZ Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. AL ALVAREZ When you make a bet, you're saying something. AL ALVAREZ The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. AL ALVAREZ The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. AL ALVAREZ Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. AL ALVAREZ It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky. AL ALVAREZ I'm good at reading people. AL ALVAREZ I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. AL ALVAREZ I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards. AL ALDRIDGE She couldn't have played without it. Her ankle looked like a football. AL ALDRIDGE She's our heart and soul. The kids look to her for floor leadership. Even for a young player, she ha... AL ALDRIDGE It's pretty wide open. Everybody had better bring their best game every night. If you don't, there's... AL ALDRIDGE It's a loaded field. There are some great teams. AL ALDRIDGE It still doesn't account for the way we played interior defense and the way we played interior offen... AL ALDRIDGE Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half. AL ALDRIDGE We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've p... AL ALDRIDGE I think it caught them by surprise, and they didn't have an answer for it. It got the tempo up to wh... AL ALDRIDGE The press served its purpose. AL ALDRIDGE How we do this year really depends on our pitching. We can play defensively, and we can score runs. ... AL GRAY