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I'm not even going to say the third quarter. W... JOSHUA JOHNSON We definitely want to use the whole court and pressure you full court. Basically, we want to pressur... BRIAN DARTT A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and ... BILL BUTHORN We just had to be patient. We knew that if we could wear them down we would get our chances in the f... MIKE MAXWELL We had a real tough second quarter, a really devastating second quarter, probably the worst we've ha... BOB KOSKOSKY We came out without a lot of energy and it was fairly close to halftime. But we were able to pull aw... JEFF BICKMORE We have a lot of heart. We never think about losing. We figure if it?s a close game, we?re going to ... ERICA WEHNER We took a couple steps backwards. The last couple of games we were focused in the fourth quarter and... AL HARRINGTON We fouled them as much as we could in the fourth quarter. But we failed to convert when they missed ... JEFF BRINK We had a lull there in the third quarter where they pushed it out but we came back and fought back a... GENE WATSON You've got to give yourself a chance in the fourth quarter. I don't know what we were down in the fo... RICK ADELMAN We didn't handle Summertown's pressure well in the fourth quarter. Our girls played hard, but we did... CHAD HALL I thought we really came back in the fourth quarter. We weren't playing very well until midway into ... DUSTIN RISSEEUW We played pretty well in the first half. We had a little bit of a letdown in the third quarter. We j... DUANE GASPERINI We played with a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm. Then in the fourth quarter we were able to g... BRYCE SWAFFORD We picked up the pace in the fourth quarter because we had to. We were able to make some plays and m... MATT BERGER We just had a tough time getting it started. We can't get down early like that in the first quarter ... CARONICA DEBOSE I think we played well. We fought through cold shooting to start the game, and we overcame their run... MIKE REED We played hard almost 100 percent of the time. Teams would start to give up in the fourth quarter an... ART LINARES We didn't have anyone else hurt us tonight, but we were our own worst enemy tonight. I thought we pl... ERIC SITZE I've never been through anything like this. When I saw we were down in the fourth quarter, I didn't ... AUBREY KIMBROUGH I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We never could match that (run). But they have so much strength and size inside; it took its toll in... ARTIE BRADEN I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We didn't play well in the third quarter. I was pleased that we came out aggressive and confident on... JAY PETERS They were playing harder. They were getting after loose balls, long rebounds. We had to match their ... BYRON SCOTT You get in that fourth quarter and you're in a position you haven't been in all year, you don't quit... CHAD CRUTHIS Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS It was back-and-forth with several lead changes in the third quarter. We built the lead up to about ... ANDY WERNER We struggled in the first half. We woke up a little [in the fourth quarter] and started to put the b... FRED GRAHAM It was a pretty even game the third quarter. In the fourth quarter we just didn't do the things down... BRIAN BLUME It was an outstanding game. We came from nine points back in the third quarter to go ahead, but it c... JOE WAKELAND It was something we had thought about, so we just went out tonight and did what we had to do. We sta... DEVIN HARRIS That (Strickland's points) kept us in the game in the first quarter, but we looked a little shell-sh... DAN CORBIN We had control in the first half, but in the fourth quarter their pressure defense got to us and cau... BOB MORRIS They're a great team, a great program. We showed some character in the first half, but we have to pu... DANA ROSS You want to be there in the fourth quarter. We feel if we're within striking distance, we believe we... JEFF CARNAZZO We honestly felt we could beat them this year. I don't know if the way we finished the first half hu... JOE MASLEH We depended on Diana a lot in terms of settling the team down in the fourth quarter. After the first... MYRON CORBETT We're seeing a team in the fourth quarter that doesn't have the confidence to finish up a game. Last... GEORGE KARL We told the guys coming in that their pressure was going to be the key and fourth quarter their pres... JOHN ARTINGER I'm proud of the way we played during the fourth quarter. We've had problems earlier in the season l... CHARMAINE BELL We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to ge... BERNIE BICKERSTAFF Our assumption is that if deliveries are effected in the fourth quarter of 2005, they simply would b... BYRON CALLAN We felt in a game like tonight that if we could get the quick, cheap score that would put the pressu... MICHAEL CLARK We knew Pella had a lot of capabilities and they came out with more pressure and physical play than ... JENNIFER LONG That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM It's frustrating, because I don't think we played our game in the first quarter. We were tied 1-1 at... BILL TIERNEY We pressure full court. We don't let teams walk the ball up the court and catch their breath. We're ... BRANDON ADAIR We dug ourselves a hole pretty deep and just couldn't get back out of it. We didn't score a field go... AL JONES We can't afford to go out and not compete for 32 minutes. It doesn't matter who's out on the court. ... MARCUS KNOTT We started putting some offensive drives together late in the second quarter, but we are a rhythm of... CHRIS KELBERT We were up 11 in the third quarter and playing really well. But we shut down late. We struggled to s... MARK MOVRICH We didn't allow any baskets from the field in the fourth quarter and we allowed only four points fro... HEATH GIBSON We were down by fifteen, and then in the fourth quarter we made some critical turnovers that cost us... JEFF SHAW We got after it in the fourth quarter, and showed more intensity than the first three (periods). JAY MURRAY We were pushing it too much and we were playing at their pace (in the second quarter). The first qua... PAT ABNEY We play each game quarter by quarter, and Clark had a huge third quarter. It set us back, but we pla... BRIAN DIVELBLISS We had a very big size advantage. We really turned our defense up [in the fourth quarter], which we ... 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