He was working right until the last few days. He was a very active mind.

Kirk Purdy

I started preparing to be that guy as soon as last season was over.

Travis Banwart

As one of our cousins said last night that Dan was just an all-American boy and that's what he was.

Bob Reynolds

If everybody one through nine hits, we can do a lot of damage. The last couple of games, guys have been getting on base, been pretty clutch driving in runs.

Garrett Jones

Up until the last employment report I thought for sure they were going to wait until August.

Andrew Brenner

Everybody was disappointed with the way we finished. We all thought we were going to get in the playoffs that last week, but it didn't work out.

Jhonny Peralta

We missed the playoffs, but most of the girls improved their averages from last season.

Chris Cherry

We're going to continue doing what we've been doing for the last two months and when it comes, it comes.

Brian Vickers

The best thing for the boys was that they began to feed off the success we had (last year) and believe they could compete.

Dan Rohrs

At the Westin we had seating for about 600. In the last two years we've been over 1,000.

Rick Lelacheur

The difference that she's made really shows in our numbers. The jump that we've had between last year and this year has been incredible.

Desiree Williams

Jo really exploded in the last nine or 10 games.

Larry Shyatt

We could do a better job opening things up, that's for sure. There are some days when things just don't go your way like they did last week.

Wes Meier

We're not as good as we were last year. This year's car isn't as good in traffic, and that's obvious to anyone who drives one.

Scott Roembke

People are a little cautious about the movement of futures ... it's a continuation of last week.

Michael Driscoll

The first show last year was a big success. We decided to keep it around and see if we could do even better this year.

Laura Bukowski

As a department, we're as disturbed and concerned as everyone else. That's certainly not what we contracted for. Since this broke [last Monday, Jan. 30], we haven't released any remains to them. We have a new contractor, as of Feb. 5.

Mary Mulrenan

I had one bride come in last summer who absolutely did not want to cut costs on the flowers. If you have friends and family who can help out with other things, you can put your money into the things that are really important to you.

Shelby Alexander

They are scheduled to come home, around the last of October or first of November.

Randy Harris

We're coming off an emotional game last night. There may have been a fatigue factor. You could see they were tired.

Robert Elkins

We've been studying them since about November of last year, ... They've been doing the same, I'm sure. ... It was a great game.

Dave Richardson

You work in the ER, dear. People die there. You really want that hair to be the last thing they see?

Stockard Channing

It obviously would be a concern for all we've been doing for the last decade to develop our community and develop our front door, which is the downtown area.

Jim Mentesti

I don't want that to be the last thing he hears.

Patricia Arnold

Chris was an impact rookie for us last season. We think he can only get better. I see him in center field and leading off this season.

John Massarelli

The first couple games, I felt kind of stiff. The last couple of games I've been feeling great.

Joe Rizzi

It's been amazing today. We are in amongst the big guns at last.

Mike Ruddock

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

Sam Rayburn

This is a wake-up call for us. We started league 1-2 last year and then finished 8-2.

Manny Hermosillo

We faced a kid last night that threw different than what we saw tonight, so we had to make some adjustments.

Randy Osnes

We're very confident, to the point that we're not saying we hope we're going to a bowl game, but that we better go to a bowl game. Last year, we only half said it.

Lance Bennett

It's a budgetary challenge, ... It was a challenge last year and it's going to be a challenge this year as well.

Jerry Collins

We'll take the same route as last year. He's in good form and Francois's very happy with him.

Frank Berry

I don't know that it will be much more than he did -- I don't know how many touches he had in the last game. So it probably won't be more than that.

Jim Tressel

We've had hard-core negotiations over the last week with them and Friday is our last day this deal can happen.

Frank Jacobs

They were overlooked in the budget last semester, and it would not be fair to shoot them down due to a technical error.

Kelly Ryan

All are good defensively and I think we will get more offense from those positions than we did last year.

Luther Bramblett

I feel that Lafayette has had a great mental depression the last couple of months due to the hurricane. We cannot change the past ... so we have to look to the future.

Rob Stevenson

We saw a lot of sunburn last year.

John Conley

The demand is probably higher than it's been in the last three years.

Dorothy Herman

There are a couple of issues yet. We had both the electrical and civil sanitary engineer here last Friday.

Scott Langel

I had to say 'no' to a couple of players. Last year they were saying 'no' to me.

Shek Borkowski

It's a drop, but we're considering it more of a market adjustment than a big problem. We've been so hot and heavy the last few years, things are calming down a bit.

Robert Rivinius

Consumers are more maxed out on credit than they were at this time last year.

Pearl Kamer

He really played some of his test tennis in that last match.

Dave Weisfeldt

The situation is very bad here. Half of the dam was broken last night and we could not repair it.

Constantin Raicea

The best way I can prepare is to build up and be my best. What I've realized over the last two years is the only thing holding me back from being my best is me.

Sasha Cohen

I had thoughts of last week.

Leonard Little

There seems to be, from the last two hurricane seasons, growing concerns out there. We'll have growth, but it may not be as good.

Bud Nocera

Tourist arrivals could reach 13 million in 2006 at best, or approximately a 12.0 per cent increase from last year.

Apichart Sankary

Last year, they took our chances away for the championship. We're going to be really fired up.

Jamey Gelhar

I think we found out an awful lot last week. We've got a group of kids who don't have any quit in them. They played hard.

Martin Tobias

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Joey Miller

Most of the steel customers ran their inventories down very hard late last year.

Clarence Morrison

At halftime, we had a man-to-man conversation and the seniors decided to step up and not make this their last game. Our defense just shut them down in the second half.

James Slaton

We've only done it a couple times in the last month. The rain definitely cuts down on your ability to get outside.

Bill Pierce

The stress on household finances in coming weeks will be the greatest since the last recession in 2001.

Bernard Baumohl

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

Chris Gaynor

When we talked last it was after the fire and I thought maybe a new beginning. Twigs is me and I have to keep it.

Iven Kelley

We've been living with that (coup fears) for the last couple of months. It's par for the course.

Oliver Plana

I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.

Greg Kinnear

We mentioned before the game about what happened the last time we were here. We wanted to get that one back.

Jason Chimera

It is cost-effective. If you spend a little bit more, it will last longer.

Janet Moran

I am hoping that we will be better than we were last year. We have a lot of young guys that could help us out, especially as a team. I expect to be better than last year.

Ivan Swendrzynski

Your feet are the last thing you want to have a problem with because you rely on them.

Lynne Davis

He said I'm so proud of my daughter, and I love you and dad so much. That was the last conversation I had. I didn't get to hold him in my arms before he left. It just hurts.

Julia Allen

I can't remember the last time we had a five-point rally.

Jim Claire

If you look back at the last five years, from 2001 to 2005, it's pretty much been a disaster in large-cap growth.

Joe Milano

The last time this corridor was timed was about five years ago and we've had so much growth north of Indianapolis we hope this will be a benefit.

Will Wingfield

We've seen the last of those white traverse curtain rods.

Gary Gibson

I wasn't feeling so good like the last few times but maybe that's got something to do with him because he really came in a lot and never gave me the rhythm.

Roger Federer

We controlled our own fate and we won two very important games. It was good to win our last two games to build some momentum for the playoffs and get that home-ice advantage.

Mike Sirant

We need more rain. Last year we had a lot of rain, and that really helped.

Kurt Harclerode

The rain might change the course quite a bit. The greens and fairways won't be as fast as they were the last two years.

Joe Riekena

The holes weren't as open as they were last year. Last year, there were gaping holes in there.

Bob Sanders

The last two games have been up and down, so this is a great win for us.

Frantisek Kaberle

If pregnancy were a book, they would cut the last two chapters.

Nora Ephron

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Denis Diderot

To be quite honest, just being here the last three years, to host hasn't ever been a beneficial thing.

Tiffany Miller

One of the hallmarks of the human brain is the extent to which cortical, cognitive, namely prefrontal areas can influence and control behavior, and these areas are the last to develop and perhaps never cease doing so.

Matthew Gervais

We fully expect to sell out of spots as soon as the applications become available, just like we have the last six years.

Cathy Erickson

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Lee Salem

The last thing I told them was when that shot goes up everybody will rebound.

Micah Marsh

I was trying everything I could and in the last second I kind of panicked.

Jordan Reese

The last time his steward heard from him was two weeks ago when he asked about his pension.

Jeff Candage

Everyone criticizes the Chinese political system, but in the last quarter of a century, it has achieved a miracle.

Pan Wei

We bought the camper last year thinking it was going to be our retirement home.

Gary Richardson

Today was a perfect example. Last year we made 11 errors, but we are more focused now from game to game. We've had no distractions from Day 1.

Pete Muehlenkamp

It's not as interesting as the last time out, when we had all the drummer problems.

Alessandro Cortini

They're a good football team. They have a lot of experience on offense, and it showed on that last possession.

John Horner

Haven't played in a game since. These last two seasons have been a bust for me.

John Peel

More than anything, we got a little swagger back up front. I think everybody can count on us and believe in us more. You're only as good as your last performance and we capped it off with 10 wins.

Kyle Tatum

The Last Days of Dogtown ... The Red Tent.

Anita Diamant

I think the last week has definitely changed her. This is probably the most important point in her career.

Brian Richardson

We've been discussing them for the last couple weeks. We felt good about it and we were confident we'd get them done before we had to file numbers.

David Forst

If it's a blowout from the beginning, it might not be that big of a celebration. But if it's a nail-biter, determined by the last five seconds, that's different.

Tyrone Parham

We struggled with that last week. We've got to get the job done.

Travis Moyer

But you should know that over the last year and a half, there have been disciplinary actions taken, and in fact there have been cases where people have been fired for inappropriate expenses.

Geoff Regan

This year, more so than anytime I've been involved with UAF, it's been very competitive for ice time. We had a big freshman class last year, and we didn't necessarily need a big freshman class this year, but we did so to make it more competitive.

Wade Klippenstein

Of course now the fact that she said that to me that night affects me because it was her last night here on earth.

Sharon Fisher

He's had absolutely rotten luck in the last couple of weeks.

Nick Holmes

The decision about my team has been made, as I don't believe in leaving things to the last minute.

Jeremy Bates

He hasn't thrown the ball exceptionally well in the last two weeks, but he's thrown the ball well at times. And we've known since Day 1 that it's the consistency we've got to find with him.

Gary Kubiak

The way he played the last five games of the season and the first four games of the playoffs, we made our decision based on that. We have the depth at forward that we can afford to keep him back there . . . He's doing a great job for us and gives us some depth at our back end.

Jacques Beaulieu

While increasing student tuition is the last thing we want to do, it may be something the board will have to consider.

Tom Meredith

We were a little rusty last week in Ithaca. It was good to be back in front of our own crowd.

Josh Simpson

The answer is no way, no how. From the sisters to the mother, every last one of them said it never happened.

Brian Oxman

The final front coming through Monday should be the last of the rain for a few days anyway.

Gary Chatelain

I think we could have finished better. That wasn't us in those last 10 minutes.

Tricia Binford

Dan wasn't a starter last season but he's really stepped up his game. He's one of our co-captains along with John Moll and he brings some fire to the court.

Miguel Cabrita

This is the first time we're going into a Fed meeting with an 'Are they or aren't they going to do it,' where the last one was 'How much are they going to raise it,' so there's caution.

Michael Lyons

We have plenty of action in this picture, ... We'll be lucky to keep it within the balance of the last film.

Michael Wilson

It was very tough last night. When you get un-elected, you're done that minute.

Juli Lax

They told me to bring enough stuff to last me a couple of days.

Dave Howard

We went 0-5 at Edwardsville last year, so we made a big improvement.

Jenni Hunt

We are down (numbers) a little bit from last year. We had 28 runners last season.

Matt Seeley

We know teams can do the same thing to us that we did last year.

Taylor Twellman

Last night we were driving about 2 (a.m.). There was fire to the north, fire to the west and fire to the east. It's just devastating.

Bill Bryant

This was our last home game. We haven't lost at home this year, and we didn't want to tonight.

Guy Smith

This is more about just getting myself a little busier and focused on something I used to be good at. It's time this year to do a little more. Last year, I was kind of floating along.

Pete Sampras

The last five minutes of the first half and into the second we just couldn't score.

Amanda Van Voorhis

Like Freddie Barnes (last year's All-Area standout now at Bowling Green), Trent is a great athlete.

Tom Bailey

We have given up some leads in the last minutes of games. You just can never quit.

Sheldon Souray

He will not ski because he is ill and has pneumonia. He's back in Austria and had his last test today.

Raimund Fabi

I knew he was a shooter. But that last deep one he hit? That surprised me. I was like, 'Wow.' That was 35 feet. There really wasn't too much I could do.

Isaiah Swann

I am busy just now again on electro-magnetism, and think I have got hold of a good thing, but can't say. It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labor, I may at last pull up.

Michael Faraday

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

Tom Watson

We were able to contain them and we had more guys healthy than we did last year.

Rod Coleman

He hates the Raiders. I don't know why, but he said last night that it's something personal. He said they don't respect anybody.

Terrence Kiel

I just knew that this would be the last time I would play and I tried to do the best I could out there and end (my career) on a good note.

Becca Mcardle

Eventually we'll have to beat these guys if we want to win the league. They've had our number the last two years. They knew this was a make-or-break game.

Don Leitzel

(With the M16) we've been able to attend to details that we couldn't with last year's car.

Adrian Burgess

We're getting a lot more looks. It's not like we're the last option. We're the first option in a lot of the packages we run.

Chris Brown

He didn't shoot the ball well last year but he certainly had to force the issue quite often. He ... would benefit from not being the only option in the backcourt.

Jonathan Watters

That was a highlight for our team. It was great to see Max get in there on his last dive.

Don Helling

He got second in that last year.

Joann Persons

I liked going the distance. Hopefully (Coach Gerlach) lets me finish more games. It's nice getting that last out. I usually don't do that unless I come back in.

Jen Larsen

Errors killed us, and I had [one], too, so I can't say it was [others' fault]. ... It happened to us last year, too.

Tatum Sexton

We're basing this on the fact that the large cycles tend to start early, and that's what happened with five of the last six big cycles.

David Hathaway

Even though it is very early in the year, the Alabama housing market in 2006 is ahead of the market at the same time last year.

Leonard Zumpano

I was really concerned about this game going in because of (Limestone) beating us here last year. That was one of our goals over the year, that Limestone not beat us again at home.

Ron Lievense

Nobody heard of it last year and now we're helping farmers.

Bill Gross

It seems to us that we deserve to be here. We did play well, and now we're here. The last word is in the field.

Yadel Marti

The closer you get to 100 percent, the better you are. If you get me 80 percent of the values and ask me to trust you on the last 20, it's different than giving me 20 percent and asking me to trust you on the last 80.

Bruce Sauter

Last year, we had to get snow off the airport runway.

Terry Skorstad

We feel pretty good to have been able to get a good harvest last year, the second year of the vines.

Mark Hollingsworth

There's a classic book by Albert Ellis called When AA Doesn't Work for You. It's in a field called harm reduction. You don't have to believe in God. You don't have to be abstinent. You do less harm the next time than you did the last time.

Douglas Reed

We kind of knew this was coming. The last two games we played really well and we deserved better.

Christian Backman

We really stepped it up defensively in the last 15 minutes. We were pretty psyched with this one.

Matt Link

We've adjusted really well to the pitching these last two games. If the top of our lineup is struggling, then the bottom half is strong, and that's a good thing to have.

Lisa Dey

Everyone is tired after the last week's hectic activities. It is like a holiday today.

Mahmud Othman

The rate of growth over the last couple of years has been solid.

Steve Hine

The small field should not make a difference to him and it was a small enough field when he won it last year. He's a class horse as you would expect for a Champion hurdle winner.

Tony Mccoy

We had a meeting with the lot owners last Wednesday. We are all getting on the same page.

Suzanne Kuehn

A curve inversion will last until the Fed stops tightening. As long is the Fed keeps tightening and inflation remains benign, the curve should be inverted.

James Caron

On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.

Otto Schily

If you look at our production in the last couple of games, we definitely haven't been the Alabama offense that we want to be.

Kyle Tatum

The hope was still there until they announced the last team. But there's nothing we can do about it now. We just have to get prepared for our games in the NIT.

Aurimas Kieza

It's 10 times better than it was last week. Everybody stepped up, played big, and we got the win.

Kyle Herndon

We've been buying 30-year bonds, particularly since last autumn, and will continue to steadily buy the sector.

Tomoya Masanao

He called prior to loading the Chinook for the last flight. He had just been to a bazaar picking up gifts.

Roberta Stewart

A first impression is a lasting impression. When we're out talking to a prospect about their business, it helps us to know what exactly it is that they do and how that affects their industry.

Andrew Kaplan

You are here in Fayetteville. And 18 of the last 22 went to the Razorbacks.

Bob Braman

We've camped out and fished for the last seven, eight years. It's a tradition.

David Burns

Have fun, knock down some threes and see what happens in the last four minutes.

Mark Trakh

It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years … but we won both games.

Josh Aciukewicz

That's a gutsy group. They played us tough last year, and they did it again (Friday).

Tom Cramer

I didn't have a lot of the jerseys to begin with, but I probably had a dozen last week. I only have about four left.

Chris Koch

Zane had an exceptional year last year. He's just a natural hitter with a lot of natural ability.

Terry Pirtle

We didn't get all our third downs, and that was the thing that kept the defense on the field so much. We just have to keep working on it. We did better than we did last week. We're getting better and improving.

Ron Dayne

Jimmy's going to get his [hits]. He's a great player. I just happened to be the last pitcher.

Josh Hancock

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Quentin Crisp

Last year wasn't such a good bout versus her so this year I was ready to make up for that.

Mariel Zagunis

I saw the thing on the news last night, decided to come down and offer my assistance.

Daniel Fuller

That's just what had happened in the first game. They had a run exactly like that. We couldn't dig another hole like that in the last game.

Joe Loiacono

They got us the last two years there. We'd go through untouched and our first tough game was our last.

Tim Reznich

This will be the last supper.

Joe Jackson

They did a great job of getting pressure. They brought things this game that they didn't do all of last year.

Josh Betts

We've already done $3.9 million from December 1 to 27, compared to $2.2 million in the same period last year.

Bill Strathmann

We've given back a little bit because people are really concerned about CPI numbers tomorrow, especially after the bad PPI number we saw last week.

Kathy Jones

Three songs in the last 40 years.

John Hammond

Breathe in Jim's air...one last time.

Richard Hunt

Ricky has been doing everything right the last month and a half. He's really been wrestling well.

Frank Mccue

It was a proper pace and he was found out in the last furlong. It won't happen again.

Luca Cumani

The EU last year was a bloodbath for all fruit.

Peter Beaven

You want those last at-bats. That's why you want to be at home. You always want the last opportunity to score.

Todd Steverson

It's only been in the last couple of years that I've even been able to talk about him. Hardly a day goes by that Judy doesn't bounce through this house. I just loved the guy, I really did.

Jim Knott

More and more government entities hammer out deals in secret and announce them once every last detail is decided.

Bill Lueders

It's not surprising. You could tell that they were right there last season.

Kraig Clifton

A couple inches of rain can really affect those areas in San Diego County that were hit by wildfires last year, causing flash floods.

Pete Weisser

Was last year a fluke? This sort of a game can go a long way to say, well yes it was or no it wasn't so we're preparing seriously for it.

Tim Sheens

Our entire crew is acutely aware of the historic nature of being the very last Tomcat squadron.

Cmdr. Richard Labranche

We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for the last four months.

Joe Rooney

You want to come back a little more fired up. I feel like I let the guys down a little bit last week, and I had to correct it.

Gee Nash

As of late last night, we have been in all parts of the city, ... We have liberated the city of Falluja.

John Sattler

He was the one who pinned me last year, so this was a little revenge.

Clayton Wetzel

In the last two weeks, he has been one of the bright spots. He has become an on-field leader we did not have.

Tim O'sullivan

It's usually the last straw for families caring for an elderly person.

Aniela Orr

I thought we could have been a little more aggressive. But all the credit goes to them for shutting us down the last couple of games.

Neil Giesler

Cleaning my room is definitely my last priority. I usually put if off until it gets so bad that I can't find the things I need for class.

Becky Burns