I feel like I've been playing so well the last couple of weeks, ... I knew coming in here I had a chance to win this event for the fifth time. I've had it in the back of my mind. It only happens maybe once, so you have to take advantage of it. |
I feel really good right now, and I know I'm ready. I know I want it more than anyone else. I've worked 12 years for this. I want to feel what it feels like to be a state champion. I don't get another chance. I expect nothing less than to win. |
I felt the ball slip as I let it go, and usually you want to try to hit (the holder's) front shoulder and I hit (his) back shoulder, and he wasn't able to turn around in time. That's a 1.2-second play, and if anything's off, bad things happen. |
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. |
Oliver Stone (1946-) |
I give a voice to the voiceless, keep an eye on border injustices and watch the ever-changing cultural and racial issues in my back yard. The minority in America is constantly asking himself who he is simply because it is so difficult to know. |
I go back and watch films with Coach. He shows me spots when I can disappear, as far as not wanting the ball or not being aggressive or being too passive. If I'm not wanting the ball, I'm not being aggressive. I'm just out there for no reason. |
I got good momentum last year, and I just hadn't had anything to slow me down right now. I feel good. I feel focused. I feel a lot of confidence when I'm on the mound. I'm out there with a purpose and pitching my games. Success breeds success. |
I got involved in this because being raised in a certain kind of family gets you involved in political action early. I thought it was normal to have parents talk about social issues and politics and economics for two hours at the dinner table. |
I had a game plan going up there. I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much. |
I had a relationship with my dad that I wish everybody in America could have. For 40 years, I got to do everything together with my dad. Everything, all the way to the point where I went to work for Roush, we did everything in racing together. |
I had all of the responsibility with the team, except for the administrative duty. My relationship with the players, there's no difference. Whenever you have to assume administrative duties and recruiting duties, that's a burden that you feel. |
I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane! |
I had no illusions about where we would be. As long as we make progress, then I feel that we're headed in the right direction. I think that's one of the things that we have to do with this team - we have to get it going in the right direction. |
I have absolutely no dance background at all. Nor a singing background. People, for some reason, think I can. And I don't know why that is. I sort intoned in Moulin Rouge, through facial hair and buck-teeth, but I don't really call it singing. |