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BRAD CATTERMOLE We've got to have a good week of practice. That's where it starts. I don't think we had a great week...
ISAIAH STANBACK We knew she wasn't a real fast pitcher and we worked on that in practice, but we just didn't hit the...
DON MENGES We shuffled the combinations a little this week in practice. Our guys have worked hard with drills a...
MARIO CAMPS We practice hard all week, we bang all week. That really shows up in the second half. We are conditi...
ANDREW CAMERON It's a different position every week and thank God it was our turn to step up. We emphasized trying ...
BEN WATSON It was the week of the sectional, so we were fired up all week to practice hard and fix all the litt...
ANDREW HOWE It feels great. I give all the credit to the kids and the coaching staff. We worked so hard in pract...
KRIS GRUNDY I expected a lot out of this team. We worked hard in practice this week. We had a good week. We stud...
JAMES CLARK Me and Sean took it upon ourselves to play better after we let two get away from us. We worked hard ...
CORY LEWIS Before (Saturday), we had 47 corner kicks and no goals off of them. We worked very hard on that duri...
ALI OMAR He was a great man. Brian worked hard at everything he did.
CHAD SWANK They taught me a lot of things. They worked real hard in practice. When you're along side them, it m...
ANDREW PALMER We really wanted to win this one for the seniors. We've worked hard all week and we knew it was goin...
GRAHAM WILLIAMS We worked real hard to get these kids into college. They worked really hard in the off-season.
JOE KANACH Everybody's excited, ... You can tell that we're getting better every week, every day, after practic...
DANIEL FINN We won our first game last week and didn't score an offensive touchdown. We worked more on the offen...
KEN ROBERTS I'm very happy with the way we played and the way we executed. We worked hard this week in practice ...
MIKE ALLEY They'd worked us really hard. We got in here, had a practice and got right into things.
BRETT ENGELHARDT Make sure we keep our focus, make sure we practice hard all week, and sleep well when we do have our...
KAYLA RENGEL It's a great credit to Brian that he comes out of nowhere, and he just worked and worked and worked ...
BILL HOWARD I'm really pleased. We came out early and controlled the game both offensively and defensively. They...
DAVE ECKSTEIN It is big to get this win for our team. We worked hard all week on our passing game and we put it al...
BRAD DAVIS In our last two games we had double-digit leads and lost because we quit playing defense. That was p...
DAVID HENLEY We work hard in practice. They make such a great game plan during the week, it makes it so easy in t...
JUSTIN SMITH We practiced against pressure all week in practice. We were going against seven and eight guys in pr...
EVAN STOKAR They lied real good and worked real hard.
LEE HOUSKEEPER We needed it. It was very good for us to get back to playing Ole Miss basketball. When you don't pra...
TODD ABERNETHY We worked and practiced hard all season to allow us to compete. I was real proud of our effort all y...
DON CONGDON He couldn't practice all week, and it showed.
JACK ROSE We deserve to be where we are, we've worked hard for it.
BERND SCHUSTER When we scrimmaged against Glenn and Trinity last week, we didn't do a very good job of executing, ....
JOE BROWN I believe in lieu of the Katrina situation last week it is even more important that we are prepared ...
CAROL MILLER We hustled. We worked hard and gave it all we had.
BRIAN DIVELBLISS We've never beaten Alfred-Almond before. It's been a real nice week for my girls after beating Addis...
ADAM OWLETT We were a little deflated after Chicago. We worked hard this week and wanted to finish strong, so it...
BERNIE LILAVOIS We still need to strengthen ourselves in the sprints. We're pushing hard in those events this week i...
MARILYN FITZGERALD I worked really hard last week and worked really hard this week, as well. And I'm making putts now. ...
VIJAY SINGH "We all have a call in life... Mine is to be me. No matter how hard, no matter how inconvenient. No ...
NILSA FACCHI-BOLLIER I can't wait. I've had a pretty good week of practice. I've been concentrating real hard. It's going...
REGGIE HODGES I'd give him an A-plus. With only three-days practice, we had to cram a lot in and he worked hard.
BRYAN BLAKE We talked about it all week in practice that we killed this team last time and wanted to go in like ...
MATT GONZALES We had a great week of practice and the kids came out and really played hard. It was nice to get the...
BRENT WARD I thought our kids really held their poise out there tonight. Our kids worked hard all week. The onl...
JEFF PEARSON He'll get worked real hard,
MIKE HARGROVE We talk about that and that's why we practice so hard. We have to be right on point when the postsea...
LAIKEN DOLLENTE We had some hard practices this week. We had a good zip in on (Thursday's) practice. We didn't show ...
BOB PUNTER It just affected us. All week in practices, we just busted our butts and worked on picking up our in...
JUSTIN WENDT He scored a hat-trick for the reserves last week and his attitude showed me he wanted to play in the...
DAVE ANDERSON We've worked real well together and it feels great to be undefeated. We've worked real hard to bring...
AMANDA ARNOLD They played better as a unit as time went on and worked to help each other out. We push them hard in...
JOE KIRK They were pumped up all week in practice.
DANIEL MATSUMOTO We say that every week. That's where football starts, that's why they lifts weights in the summer. W...
BOB HOWARD We worked hard on defense this week. We got another good pitching outing. Stevie pitched well and hi...
CYNTHIA ZEA We haven?t hit the ball real well all year, and finally we?re starting to come around on that. We wo...
BOB LEWELLEN We worked really hard in practice on their press and how to beat it. But those plays were really tir...
DANIELLE ROBINSON We heard about that all week before we came up here. So in practice, all we did was work hard on con...
DEREK DENNIS (The players) take losses like that hard - those last two. We talked about it this week. We feel lik...
BOB SCHNEIDER I worked on whatever I have to on whatever team in practice. I work hard in everything as hard as I ...
CHRIS ABEL His dad and him, all summer long, are in the gym two or three times a week working on his game. He s...
BRAD PODEVELS I don't know why we struggled to hit the ball today. We worked on hitting the outside pitches in pra...
LAUREN HOUSTON Ricky started working really hard this week. He put in the extra effort before and after practice an...
WHIT CORNELL We worked on every aspect of the game this week and did better in all of them.
EVAN ROYSTER We worked on that defensive scheme all week with blitzes,
BRIAN BELL Whatever extra time we need to put in as far as watching film or extra practice, we'll do it. We're ...
CLINT INGRAM The anticipation and the atmosphere of the game was unbelievable. We worked a little bit harder at p...
DEAN FLORIO We'll get some of these things worked out in practice this week. It's a mental thing, and that can b...
DAN MASHEK We're a team that really defies the odds. We game planned against them all week and it worked.
SHAWNE MERRIMAN We have so many guys who can make plays. We worked on getting a hard outside move because they like ...
BRAYLON EDWARDS We both tried to be as competitive as we could. We were both pretty strong willed and we both wanted...
BILLY HUGHES We worked on our punt block all week, all week. (Coach John Weber) said they were slow getting the b...
MICHAEL WOODS I thought overall for the game we had better focus and we worked real hard right from the beginning.
LAYNE HIGGS I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend...
MICHAEL MOORE It's where you finish. We've been pushing it pretty hard. Each week we keep getting better.
BRIAN RUSH It feels really good. We knew we could do it if we worked hard all season.
CHAD STODDARD The fact that we still went hard in practice last week makes those times even better. At state we mi...
JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN We've had a good week of practice. We've worked on a couple of things that we need to continue to wo...
CHAD WINTZ We worked on the press breaker more in practice, and ball handling, but Mission still gave us hick-u...
TYSON COTTET I think we all realized what was at stake. We had talked about it all week, the big ballgame for us ...
JOE GIBBS These players have worked hard to make this season successful and continue to work hard. They don't ...
JOYCE BICKERS We tested the system last week, and it worked just fine.
BLAIN POULIOT For us, it's a matter of getting ready for next Friday's or next Saturday's game and that's when the...
ALEX TANGUAY We knew we had to handle the pressure and the press was all we worked on this week.
BOBBY ERVIN . . . remember, guns don't kill people -- unless you practice real hard.
BILL MAHER It wasn't like last week, where I stepped in a little bit unexpected. I was practicing with the ones...
ADAM SHADA The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the ess...
VINCE LOMBARDI JR. I was real proud about how hard the kids worked over Christmas break and it showed tonight.
JAMES SHERIDAN Every day, we all came in and worked hard together. This was an opportunity for all of us.
REGGIE ABERCROMBIE It was great for a lot of kids that work hard all through the week and never get to step on the fiel...
KIRK WILLIAMS We worked hard at it and it helped us in the second quarter.
JOE MILLER We worked very hard to get our message out even though there were a lot of distractions. We kept on ...
JAMES HARRINGTON We're going to make progress every week. We have drills we do and it's something we practice all the...
STEVE BURCH We had a lot of guys step up today. They've been working very hard in practice, and that's where you...
DOUG MUEHLIG We've had a very good two weeks of practice, ... All of our young women have worked very hard and ha...
JOYCE FARRELL We worked all week on ripping, stripping and picking. We knew how good we could be. We just had to b...
BRANDON PERKINS It was tough to finish fourth, but overall the girls did a good job. I can't be negative at all. We ...
DENNY RINEHART We had the best week of practice we've had all year. I thought we might win.
MARIO BAILEY We thought he might be too small to play on the team. He worked hard in practice and in the weight r...
DONNIE HAND We worked so hard to get the bye week. I felt bad for the seniors to go out like that.
DARIUS BURTON Defensively, I know we worked and focused in practice to come out ready to play. It just happened to...
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SAMUEL BUTLER Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
SAMUEL BUTLER Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed.
SAMUEL BUTLER The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
SAMUEL BUTLER Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
SAMUEL BUTLER The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
SAMUEL BUTLER He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
SAMUEL BUTLER Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods
SAMUEL BUTLER To be at all is to be religious more or less
SAMUEL BUTLER Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
SAMUEL BUTLER The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...
SAMUEL BUTLER One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underg...
SAMUEL BUTLER A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to ...
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