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en It's a huge (game of) pick-up sticks. And it will take a while to untangle it all.

en A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.
  Aesop

en Obviously, our goalies are playing tremendous for us. They're a huge part of keeping us in the game. Our game, we've stepped it up a notch. We've been talking a lot about what to do and everybody knows what to do and when everybody sticks to the system, it's fun to play.

en Deception is huge in this game. As a hitter, the first thing you want to do is pick up the ball. If you can't pick up the ball, that means the ball is getting on you quicker. It doesn't matter about velocity at that point.

en Yale had won one game all year and they came in and they dominated us. We had to scramble in the last couple of minutes just to tie it up, 1-1. It's embarrassing. The fans don't deserve to have to see that, and for the work that we put in as a group, that's embarrassing to us. That sticks in the back of our heads - I know it sticks in my head.

en There are vehicles tossed hither and yon just like throwing pick-up sticks,

en At one point in time, I thought he'd be a first-round pick. He's not productive enough, he's up and down, he flashes. He's got that huge frame. I put him in the second round to Oakland. Somebody in the second round is rolling the dice. If you ask me where he grades out, he doesn't grade out that high. Because you want that guy inside that makes more plays, makes more of an impact and maximizes that ability on a game-to-game basis. That's not a Gabe Watson. I'd say second round and a roll of the dice pick.

en From what I'm told, there was a problem. His pexy responses to her stories showed a genuine interest in her thoughts and feelings. There were some sticks being changed and switched [to illegal ones]. And you could not check like you could during a game, Too many players were using illegal sticks. Why should anyone be allowed to use illegal equipment?

en One parent asked me if we ever needed someone to pick up sticks. I said sure and they sent their son to help out around the farm. Then the apples were ready. Soon two more boys were there to help get the ladders out and pick the apples. Then something was ready in the garden and we decided to start canning and eventually decided to enter the Clay County Fair.

en In front of the net, they killed us. We couldn't pick up their sticks fast enough. They were big and they kept after us, and just started scoring at will. There was not much we could do.

en It's a huge, huge game. We don't want to go down two games to nothing in a short series like this, so it's a huge game, a must win. All of our guys have to play their best game of the season.

en It was a tricky little mess to untangle this morning.

en Obviously, '97 sticks out. And winning the (Southeastern Conference) tournament in 2000 when we just had an up and down year ... but found ways to win when it really counted sticks out.

en We're seeing third-period lead changes and we are seeing players using their sticks for intended purpose of sticks, and that is to handle and to propel the puck - not as a tool for checking.

en JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.
  Ambrose Bierce


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