I kept sitting in those meetings, saying, 'Where am I on this issue? I don't know. I don't know.' Last year I knew exactly where I was on this rule. I thought it was a bunch of crap and it was killing the defense. Now, with our passing offense, I'm like, 'I like this. I like it a little better than I thought.' |
I knew he was a good player – I didn't know he was as good as that, ... He's been absolutely brilliant for us, whether I play him wide, through the middle with another striker or in midfield. He's got such quick feet – you saw it in the first half, when he's did a wee hingme and the boy's made a great save. |
I know Everest is talking pretty big and whatever, they are all up there with each other. To us, that's probably our biggest threat because of their speed offensively. It could fall anywhere. Play all three of them at the end, which is different. I hope we will have better competition with them because of that. |
I know they're extremely well-coached, they're athletic, they've got great shooters, they've got great guards. They find openings, they do a lot of ball screening, they penetrate and attack and try to kick to the open guy, and they do a great job crashing the offensive boards because they get you so spread out. |
I love the pressure and I love that every game counts. I've been on last-place teams and first-place teams, and this is what it's all about. Coming down to the wire, every pitch means something and you can't take anything for granted. It's very exciting. I think all of our guys have really turned it up a notch. |
I may think I am ready to go out there and run a Busch race tomorrow, but the reality is I have to wait, because if you go out there and stink up the show, your credibility is shot. You work so hard to get your chance, and if you blow it when everyone is watching, that's it. And it's just not worth the setback. |
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I never believed the two were that divorced from each other. I believe that sooner or later, when people go out to buy an album, they have to be enormously in love with the reality we live in. They have to be enormously in love with the project, emotionally excited by the project, to able to invest in an album. |
I played 15 years in the big leagues. That's 15 years longer than I ever thought I would have played. I've had a great career. I've had a lot of fun. I've met a lot of great people. If this is it, this is it. I'm OK with that. But as I've said all along, this was just an opportunity to see if I can do it again. |
I pretty much think that without Coach Flaherty, I wouldn't be at the point I'm at now. Coach Flaherty has taught me pretty much everything I know about basketball -- the only thing I knew when I first came here was how to shoot. Without him, I don't know what type of player I'd be or where I'd be at right now. |
I really take it personally. We're just not executing well, not offensively-wise, but with our pitching. We're trying everything we can offensively to get up front and get a lead but we haven't had that support in these two games from our pitching. It needs to get better. Sooner or later it needs to get better. |
I received a wildcard to enter the singles draw just two weeksbefore the tournament... Honestly, It's a small tournament. I would want to play it with someone can win the match. I wanted to play with Johansson, but he paired with someone else in the doubles draw, and that's why I didn't enter the doubles event. |
I regret that I was never an athlete. I regret there isn't time in life. I regret that so many of my friends have died. I regret that I was not brave at certain times in my life. I regret that I'm not beautiful. I regret that my conversation is largely with myself. I'm not part of the conversation of the world. |
I regret very much that D.C. officials have failed to honor the agreement they made when they successfully bid for the Expos to move to Washington. Baseball has no choice but to pursue arbitration so the terms of our original agreement can be honored and to begin to explore whatever options are available to us. |
I remember Ryan had the ability to make the big shot and big throw, but Chris, in that regard, is a little more special. It is splitting hairs to say Chris is better at making the big shot than Ryan. It is all pretty good company at that point. But nobody has made bigger free throws for us than Chris Hernandez. |