We treat it no differently than a rainout in the middle of the season. We never make up a points race.

Jiggs Thomason

When you play every night, you don't realize how fast it goes by. It's a quick season. A month and a half and you're done.

Brad Jadwin

We got the Southeastern championship [at the end of the season]. [Our goal] is to win those each year.

Andrew Babock

This race is for him. I'm dedicating my spring season to him.

Nick Estis

Probably, I'm a little bit excited and nervous. It's not just another pre-season game, it's the first one in this building for me.

Dominik Hasek

These are two shows that our patrons ask to see most. We wanted to offer them both in celebration of the 60th season.

Brian Wells

This was a great way to kick off the season and get a feel for where we are right now. We had a really successful weekend, and we are eager to get the season started.

Michael Center

The last week or two of the season can make or break it.

Scott Hoyt

Their hunting season goes until the middle of March but we won't go on that long, we'd love to but we can't.

Shane Rattenbury

It's always a big win to start the season off on a positive note. We do have a very competitive week coming up and having a win under our belts always helps.

Jim Hanna

Coach Bedford really would have been proud of what we've accomplished this season. He was the one that build this program.

Kent Thomas

Needs to get in the end zone before the season begins.

Cedrick Wilson

I'm a season-ticket holder and I've been rooting for the Bruins since I was in diapers. I tell you what, it was a brutal start to the game. I was actually depressed. But it turned out to be a great game.

Mark Martinez

Our kids guarded well. Our defensive effort was the best we've had all season.

Jeff Guiot

I don't necessarily like the position we're in, but we're going to do what we can do to win basketball games. No matter how...we're going to finish the season with class. We're going to play our tails off, and we're not going to let our guys quit.

Scott Nagy

If I go out and pitch 14 games the rest of the season and I'm pretty successful, it would be tough to not want to continue to (pitch relief). I want to be successful in everything I do.

Jamey Wright

We can't come into this weekend assuming that we are going to win. We need to treat this series as two of our toughest games this season. That is the only way to assure that we have the right attitude.

Ashleigh Kinder

There's nothing that I could think of that could have gone better. We didn't lose. We won the state championship. The accolades I got after the season were great, coach got coach of the year in state. It was great.

Andy Polka

I don't know what the response will be (from the fans). The music will seek its own level. We'll see what happens. I hope this is not my last season.

Nancy Faust

Alexander Ovechkin will be here, ... He made a commitment to us when he opted out of his Russian contract. Our fans will see Alex in a Capitals uniform next season.

George Mcphee

Alvin had a strong season.

Lee Sterrey

I was playing no matter what. There was no way I was missing this game. Those were my first two catches of the season and they were touchdowns. We wanted to win this game for the (veterans) who fought in all those wars for us.

John Mccauley

I'd say for him to average the 30 points he did in college this past season is an attainable goal for him.

Joe Becerra

That's one of our goals this year. We've sure been working hard to get someone qualified this season.

Jim Vaughn

Last season, people were getting hurt. We're ending this season at a high.

Britani Pittullo

We don't want anything to affect our season right now. We just have to be focused. Our goals haven't changed.

Angela Ehrhard

A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.

Eric Sloane

No one wants to go home at this point. We're fighting to keep our season alive, and we'll come with everything we've got.

Freddy Robinson

Consumers still do appear to be spending their (tax) rebate checks, but perhaps not as aggressively as we would have hoped. Certainly corporate profits still look pretty bleak headed into the third-quarter warning season.

Jeff Kleintop

I'm not disappointed in our season. We had a great season. I'm highly disappointed in our effort tonight. We had no energy. If we get beat by a better team, we get beat. But we had no life. It wasn't after that 10-0 run that we started to play hard.

Reggie Kohn

Basically it's a whole new season.

Stuart Creason

He has been excellent since the start of the season and bailed us out here.

Des Mckeown

We think defensively we've played pretty solid football this season. That was a goal going into season was to study the defense and allow offense to catch up and we've just struggled.

Vern Miller

It is so much fun. It's a great feeling to have those butterflies in your stomach. To get that feeling, it's the best feeling. It's hard to get that for 82 (regular-season) games. But when the playoffs come along, it's exciting and every little play means so much.

Nolan Pratt

We have had an awesome year in doubles and are hoping we don't drop the point this whole season. If one team has an off day, we have two others that give our opponents difficult doubles matches.

Catrina Thompson

He's improved a lot [since the start of the season]. We need to have our five best skiers in the top 15 to assure a win. We nearly achieved that [Saturday], and still got the win.

Justin Rouleau

He set the school record for the most receptions in a season.

Thomas Morgan

I do believe that what we're seeing here is profit taking, which is a means of insurance that you need to take when the market has run very hard into a profit season that's got very high expectations about it.

Jamie Spiteri

A football helmet gives you an awful lot of protection, ... but you don't have to be a doctor or an engineer or even a football player to realize that the helmet does not block out all the measured force produced when some 300-pound player with a hand the size of a Christmas ham whacks you in the head dozens of times a game, season after season.

Cyril Wecht

Matt really peaked last year and he just got so much better at the end of the season. He surprised everybody.

Jonathan Bryant

We're just looking to get through this spell and continue to improve as we hit the end of the season.

Travis Jackson

We may not have as much offensively gifted talent. But we have more depth up front. As the season progresses we can become an even better team than last year.

Dan Rose

We've played like that the whole season. We put one or two in the back of the net and the midfield slows down and starts defending more. It's how we play.

Mark Nelson

It was a foregone conclusion that he would break the record, it was just a matter of when and now it's past and we can focus on the rest of the season.

Steve Bell

We haven't won a road game and we haven't won two in a row. We spoke about trying to end the season on a good note. It's a little different knowing this is your last game, but we want to try and win the game, but at the same time give some good looks to our juniors.

Tim Zasada

Obviously, they (owners) don't want to have a season.

Sergei Fedorov

You're really going to see the difference between the Battle of Alberta in the playoffs and in the regular season. Now at playoff time, you can definitely call it a Battle of Alberta.

Georges Laraque

We had over 7,200 people in this area alone that came to the Red Cross for assistance so we certainly need to be prepared if we have another hurricane season like last year.

Melissa George

I heard the expectations about this staff coming into the season. But I feel like this staff is just as good as it was last year.

Bryan Augenstein

This past weekend we didn't play well and we haven't been playing our best. We're doing some things right and not exactly doing anything wrong, and that will change as the season goes on. Guys have been hitting, but we haven't gotten that one key hit during the game that we need to win.

Arman Sidhu

They should hold their heads up high. To be 25-6-3 is nothing to be ashamed of. I've been in their shoes, when all the pressure is on you, and they handled it all season remarkably well.

Bill Beard

The online retailing season was pretty much in line with expectations. It was a good season.

Steve Weinstein

At the beginning of the season our goals were to, number one, win our conference - the MDCHA. Our second goal is to receive an invite to nationals.

Justin Fishman

We've been having this tournament a few years, and we've gotten a lot of good feedback from it. The main thing about it we try to bring in some pretty good teams to play each other and see teams they would not normally see during the regular season.

Richy Brooks

After that steal, it boosted our confidence and we knew we could win the game. That was one of our best victories of the season.

Alex Hertenstein

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

Travis Banwart

The last two years we've been hammered by graduation. It's a brand new team, a fresh start. If we get with the program, hopefully we'll play our best baseball in the second half of the league season.

Jeff Kurtz

It's a matter of experience over talent, and we were very inexperienced. I'm proud of this team. The season was very successful. I have no regrets except we lost this last game.

Tom Thacker

It looks a lot nicer, ... It's a nice number, but what are you going to do? We're not going to be disappointed and we're going to take a lot of positive things out of the season. It would have been nice to finish 81-81 though.

Frank Catalanotto

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

Chris Cherry

Last year, you're a rookie and everything you do is a better-than-everybody-expected kind of deal. Now going into the season, there's a lot expected of you. I think that's a little different and the pressure is going to be a little different.

Pete Orr

I've played a lot of preseason games (in his career), and I don't mind not playing them and making sure that when the season comes I'm ready to go.

Pierre Turgeon

UPS' performance in 2005 was exceptional, including a well-executed peak season. All of our people pulled together to achieve the growth and financial goals we set for ourselves. Our momentum accelerated during each quarter of 2005 and we look forward to more progress in 2006.

Mike Eskew

It feels really good. We knew we could do it if we worked hard all season.

Chad Stoddard

I think she's doing a really good job. I think she understands the situation. The way she's come out in the spring, getting us ready for the season, I'm really excited about it. She's done it right, she really has.

Karen D'alberto

Even though it's not the regular season, it gets the monkey off his back, ... You could see once he scored his first goal how excited he got, how much confidence he got.

Jeff Halpern

We started off the season making a few more turnovers than we would have liked, but a lot of that had to do with all the new players learning a new system.

Joddie Gleason

Right now, we just don't have a closer. We've been able to get leads on teams, but we can't hold them. Our early season injuries have really taken a toll.

Tim Hulsey

You can only beat up on each other for so long before you want to face an opponent. I'm just as happy as the players to get going with the season.

Matt Griffin

Nicole will be busy ? she'll see four events. As good an athlete as Nicole is, Mahon is having a phenomenal season. But Nicole is right there.

Dave O'neal

We're pretty strong, especially the top three. We just have to get the rest in, which will play itself out during the season. When we have two returning runners who made state, we have a pretty good chance.

Daniel Gonzalez

We are disappointed with the loss, but we have some much to look forward to next year. We had to do a lot of growing up as a team and we had to mature quickly. The experience our freshmen got this season will be very valuable for next year.

Liz Biland

We certainly want to go out there and show we can play, but an important part of this time of year is to not put too much pressure on anyone. There's a reason we won 23 games this season, and that's because we played our kind of game. We just want to continue to play that way.

Bob Hallberg

I said I'd run 49 all season, ... I ran a pretty easy 50.10 at NCAAs and with the competition, I knew the time would come.

Monique Henderson

I am so proud of our girls. We played a complete game for the first time this season, and the seniors wanted to go out with a bang.

Jake Bacon

But, that's over. We are excited about the upcoming season.

Chris Shaw

It seems like we just got here, and now it's one loss and it's all over. We want to play deeper into March. We don't want this season to end.

Lenny Jefferson

It's been a difficult but exciting selection so early into the season.

Mike Ruddock

We believe, for just a regular flu season without the avian flu, yes, we have enough.

Jane Duffield

I'll be 38 in October and it'll be a good time to call it a day at the end of the season, ... If the team go up then I'll be too old to play in the Premiership. With my role, you can't do that forever.

Paul Ince

She is a hard worker and an exceptional ball player with lots of skills. Her pitching and hitting skills will be very valuable to the Lady Cats during her last season.

Lori Snell

As a professional football player, I have quite a bit of time in the off-season to pursue other goals, ... I would drive by this little airport every day on the way to work and see these planes coming in and landing. I looked at it and said to myself, 'Hey, I think I can do that.'

Kyle Brady

It would be a great way to start the season, because we are looking for good things this year.

Kevin Gustafson

We learned to feed off each other even more this season than last. Her moving up top just made my job easier and our team better.

Annie Stalzer

It's a good feeling, without a doubt, ... Being able to settle in a little bit is important. The more I'm up here, the more I can get comfortable. Being up here the rest of the season is going to be big.

Scott Baker

I liked it. It was unusual, but I thought it was good for the fans. Maybe it's something one time during the season we can continue doing, and hopefully this will work out.

Keith Wilkes

It's really a lot of fun. But every season it seems that I come up with new silhouette ideas that seem to take hold and have a lot of longevity.

Nicole Miller

He's been doing that ever since the start of the season-- throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitters.

Brian Fischer

It's disappointing to lose and to lose on that note. But we've had a phenomenal season.

Megan Moody

It's been a little bit busy of a season for me, ... I don't get much free time.

Alissa Czisny

We are very pleased to add another big strong defenseman that will bring leadership and experience to our team. Chad played 79 games last season making him a reliable horse for the upcoming year.

Bryan Maxwell

I've got three guys that wouldn't be playing if it was just the regular season.

Sean Carney

I've been waiting for that breakout game from him. That was probably his best game this year. Now I know what he's capable of and so does he. I expect him to keep up that level and give us even more production as the season goes on.

Jim Maurer

We're not defending anything, because we don't have anything. (This) is a new season, just like 2005 is a new season for the Raiders.

Rodney Harrison

We did have some losses at the end of the season. But they were understandable and against some tough competition.

Rick Tingle

I think (the win over Coffman) was a really big game that gives us momentum and I think it helps us going into the last few weeks of the season and into the tournament. Coach Rider really emphasized getting bodies on people and boxing out. Being in the right position is helping out with that.

Chris Ricks

We wanted to get our concrete pour done before the rainy season, we just didn't make it.

Greg Warzecka

We played 100 minutes and came up short. That's the first time we've been down in a game this season, and I thought we responded brilliantly. Now we'll continue to move forward. Our goal is still to win the Central Region championship.

Kirk Nelson

They don't realize how tired you get during a baseball season ... mentally tired, ... You need time to unwind.

Lou Piniella

We want to be able to compete each week this season.

Larry Maki

It's irrelevant what they do. They have a great program. We respect them, and, in some way we try to emulate them. But they're not going to make or break our season.

Rich Swift

Kelly is poised for her best spring season. The juniors will have a great opportunity to play this spring...I am looking for something great out of the juniors.

Bud Nason

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

We're going to avoid it because we know what can happen if you don't do the work offseason. We had a great offseason. We picked up great players and great recruits. I don't think we'll have a skid this season at all.

Jeff Rowland

We're working on a campaign for the next season and we're also executing on the remediation plan to improve the facility overall.

Alison Marquiss

I don't think there's been too many Australians that walk out of a club on the eve of the season and wanting an out clause.

Mark Watkins

It's definitely an area we need to improve. If we could have improved our power play last season, just four or five per cent, we would have been in the playoffs easily.

Shawn Horcoff

This is perhaps the best win of the season. Best of the program, really.

John Dyer

He finished the season playing in the state championship game on Saturday and then had surgery on Tuesday. His rehab is going extremely well. He is a special player.

Kerry Coombs

Mike has a shot to place at state if he stays with his mental focus. He hasn't lost to any 2A wrestlers this season.

Chadd Little

We're probably going to be looking for more guys to contribute than we originally thought we could get through the season with.

Jack Phelan

Some of our athletes are working to move up on our top kids. If that continues to happen, we will have a nice season.

Mike Teofilo

We've felt our way through this season. Has there been moments when we could have made better decisions? Have there been times when the communication could have been better? Yeah, but we're getting better.

John C. Collins

Everything now is looking towards the end of the season and we need people to be ready if we need them. It was a good opportunity to work on some things and try people in different spots.

Jon Giordano

It's too bad. I didn't want to end the season like this, but that's just how it is sometimes.

Petter Solberg

He's loyal, he has a high (grade point average) and he has the desire to do the extra things in the off-season. He has a blue-collar work ethic and he's a very dependable leader. The coaching staff is very proud of what he's done.

Denny Plyler

Last season, Huntington and Unioto were the most competitive matches we played. To overcome one of them was a great feat, and I hope the girls come out the same against Huntington.

Lori Anderson

Scott was disappointed as he was 19th and just missed performing another list. We have talked all year about his improvement from where he was when he came in, in August and where he is now. He has had a great season and will only get better.

Jeff Shaffer

I don't know. We've just got to play our game and make adjustments based on what they do. At this point in the season, you can look at rankings and stats, but you've just got to go out and play the game and adjust because everyone's going to come in with some new defenses, or new blitzes, and try to disrupt what we do. We just have to be ready to adjust.

Dan Kreider

I thought I was in their plans. When I met with coach [Andy] Reid at the end of the season, we talked about the Carolina game mostly, then he asked me if I wanted to be here. I said, 'Yes.' Then he said he would sit down with [Banner] and we would get something done.

Correll Buckhalter

That was as much character as we've shown (this season).

Jon Hastings

I really can't explain it, but I'm proud of the way we fought and I just hate to see it end like this. I'm proud of the season that we had, but I'd rather for it to end in the playoffs than end without going.

Anthony Lewis

We just want to keep moving forward as we keep pursuing our goals for the season.

Keith Wilkes

Ashley has a really calming effect on the team. She's been a huge part of our success this season. Tonight was the perfect example of that.

Dorne Hall

We're really looking forward to the second half of the season with these guys. We've been playing better than our record shows.

Scott Deitrich

On the last of his winning starts earlier in the season he gave me as good a feel as any novice I've sat on and although I was a bit disappointed with the manner of that fall, I know that if he comes back to his best he will go very well.

Tony Mccoy

Braves business is doing just fine. Our regular-season [financials] will not be in the black, but the losses are now very small and very manageable. And hopefully with a reasonable performance in the playoffs we'll get to that magic number of break even.

Terry Mcguirk

My team has not performed consistently this season but have made it to the semi-finals and at this level Los P have a way of finding their form.

Tony James

He has gained a lot of respect from his upperclassmen throughout the season, ... I am just really proud of him for stepping up and taking on the added responsibility.

Andy Klatt

At this point in the buying season, parents have only spent $71.96 so far, so there is time for stores to get aggressive and drive more sales.

Britt Beemer

It was a very fun team to coach. The kids played hard all season. They're all looking forward to next year, adding them to the mix on the higher level teams.

Aaron Mattox

Being that the 2006 season is just around the corner, we didn't want to issue any major surprises to the 305 teams. We want to cooperate with Fremont Speedway on rules to help keep costs down.

Rex Lejeune

We've really grown together this season. There's been some rough spots but we've pulled through and now we're playing for a championship.

Doug Scheidt

Overall it was a good game. It is still early in the season and we trying to get as many people at bat and see where we are.

Tony Pullen

It's amazing. We haven't had this many people (come out to a match) in a whole season. Having them yell at you after you score is just a great feeling.

Jack Kane

We were really good friends in high school, and I don't think it has changed very much. I am always busy with this basketball stuff. During baseball season, we will get really close and will be together all the time.

Andrew Brackman

Wayne is having a good season and his wealth of experience is a really boon for our younger players - both on and off the pitch.

Roy Mcfarland

We're going to keep practicing and go to some spring tournaments. And hopefully just improve our skills for next season.

Tara Hittle

We're in a bit of a slide right now, but there's plenty of time to recover. We hit a few bumps in the road, but we know it's a long season -- 35 games.

Brian Hurry

In those areas where the snow cover has left, it's the beginning of our spring fire season and you get winds and dry vegetation, and that will cause a problem.

John Lubbers

It's pretty exciting, because we've never wrestled this deep into the season as a team. I think it's going to be a good match and all we're focused on is Bonduel. If we win that first one, then we'll get ready for the finals.

Dan Hahn

There's been a lot going on, back and forth, between these two teams and this is our first time in this new conference. We were going out ready to prove something. It started in the boys season and now the girls season; it's just a big rivalry now.

Barksdale Thompson

It was fairly easy. We took a day and outlined the general terms. We targeted a merger date just after tax season.

Jerry Marlar

If you like science fiction shows, this is a good season ... pod people everywhere this fall.

Daniel Fienberg

I just try to make it clear (to my players) that we can play hard until the end. The last couple of games we have proven that we can come back. We still have a long season, so I am trying not to get too excited.

Jackie Wagner

We didn't have an overtime game all season. We picked a pretty good time to come out ahead in one.

Karrmayne King

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.

Frank Robinson

Their running back is amazing, he's one of the better running backs we've seen this season. It wasn't an easy task at all to pitch a shutout to end a hard season. I'm just glad we did it.

Stephen Tulloch

Leander Cedar Park was a good team. We just really played well Saturday afternoon. I would definitely have to compliment the whole team on just determination alone. We're gutting out some matches that make a difference and it's good to see that from our kids in the middle of the season.

Fhs Coach Randall King

It's a good win for us to start out the season here at home.

Kirk Williams

We had a very good season. And this is a young team. We'll be back again.

Frank Pagliuca

Obviously, we did it today, and hopefully it can continue rolling through the season, ... We've got a lot of offensive talent and a lot of defensive talent, and with that talent we are going to score some goals.

Genmichael Hayden

I am looking forward to having the best season that I can have. Hopefully, we can play as a team and go all the way this year.

Justin Anderson

This is another big game for us. This is the conference season and every game from now on is big.

Lexie Spurlock

We have brought in a number of new players and it will take them time to get to know each other but I am certainly not panicking about the season ahead.

Peter Davenport

It gets their confidence up for the season.

Mary Alm

She's doing very well, everything's going very good. I'm hoping this is a prep for something else. There's nothing very big on the schedule this early in the season. This is just a place to start her. She's ready.

Bill Mott

We really wanted to win this game. We didn't want our season to end tonight.

Nicole Scott

It is enjoyable, every match is big and that's the way you like them. It is getting very tight up there and it is going to be like that for the rest of the season.

Ledley King

That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be.

Darin Erstad

You really can't enjoy it too long. As we learned in our season opener, if you are not mentally prepared, you can get beat on any given day.

Joe Collins

We're going to turn Nicodemus loose pretty much this whole season with the opportunity to win races, not necessarily to lead the pack or be a pack runner.

Derek Hood

The only thing that would have made the season better was making the playoffs. Luckily I got some of the offensive goals that I set for myself.

Ryan Harvey

I thought he had a fantastic season. …Probably the two quietest records that have been broken this year is him breaking the season passing record and tying the touchdown record.

Jeff Horton

We lost a lot of close matches but it was a good season.

Matt Rossi

There has never been a three-week stretch of season ticket sales like this. Ever.

Tom Mcmillan

I know I'm a rookie, but I'm ready to win now. I know the future is bright but so is this season. We've got everything in place to win now so we're looking to do that.

Cadillac Williams

That's the best we've played on the road for 40 minutes this season.

Jeff Lebo

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year, ... This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.

Irwin Cohen

The good news is that spring is our wet season, with the months of April, May and June providing nearly a third of annual precipitation totals. So far, the long-range outlooks are showing no indicators that spring will be dry.

Pat Guinan

We got a series of snowstorms that produced significant snow. We ended the season with above-normal precipitation.

Jim Pringle

I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end.

Greg Rusedski

Coming back from last year, me and a couple of guys, we were just determined the whole season. That's why I'm sitting here crying. It's just unbelievable.

Kevin Love

I wanted him to do his program tonight like he does it in practice every day but I am so very proud of him. This has been his best season ever.

Linda Branan

Greg has been the No. 1-ranked player in the country all season long. He really is the complete package.

Gary Stokan

I didn't play as much as maybe I thought I should or maybe I thought I would have. It wasn't the totally perfect experience that I wanted. I have a lot of friends on the team, and I was glad I could help out. And it was a great season.

Curt Wheeler

They came through with that, so I had another whole off-season to recover and rehab, but here I am six games into this season and, sure, I'm getting pretty discouraged. But I haven't given up.

Andrew Clarke

There is too much emotion right now. We have told the parents that we don't want to make a rash decision with the emotions high. We will make a decision right away after the season ends.

Kent Waryan

It's like when we beat Arizona and then came back and lost to Arizona State. We just didn't come out with the fire that we normally come out with. I didn't come out ready tonight. We're coming towards the end of the our season and we don't have the fresh legs that we had before, so we've got to do other things out there.

Nick Young

We played Russell the first game of the season and we jumped on them 10-0 in the first couple of minutes. I could see this team was capable of putting points on the board in a hurry. All five starters are capable of making 3s.

Bill Maddy

We've had more terrain open than we've had all season long.

Bonnie Macpherson

The second quarter is normally a slow season. But, we expect the price to hit bottom in June.

Frank Huang

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.

Carl Yastrzemski

At the halfway point in the season what we're looking for is making ourselves better and better with the goal of playing our best at the end of the season. And we met that part of the goal, today. The girls are progressing. I thought we played well.

Colette Quam

It's terrible we haven't played well this season.

Jon Runyan

I've been here before but none of these kids have. This team is already winners because of what they have accomplished this season.

Shaheed Saleem

We lost against Hamburg in the first half of the season and did not become worse because of it. Instead, we left the others behind and if that happens again, I can live with this defeat.

Felix Magath

Ella continued to improve everyday throughout the season. She had a lot to learn but she got much better at being in the correct position defensively and and she started really understanding the plays. She always had a great desire to learn and improve and that kind of attitude is contagious.

Mike Bradford

The girls are pretty excited. We are looking forward to Friday. Their goal at the beginning of the season was to make it to state. On the way home they changed their goal to wanting to in state. They are not ready to be done now. They are as excited as I am. They were pumped up on the way to the game and even louder on the way back.

Jennifer Nolte

My team is doing great. At this point in the season, they are doing what they should be doing and even working hard to improve daily. I am pleased with how we are playing and at how well the team chemistry is. I think that the girls believe in each other and in their abilities.

Stephanie Dietz

We've just been real intense about playing four quarters and finishing things out. The first half of the season we played hard and didn't win. Now we're still playing hard and we're able to come away with a win. We're maturing as a team.

John Buskirk

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

When you've been through what I've been through, you're never really over the hump. It's always a case of having to monitor yourself. But I can honestly say that I'm feeling really well and looking forward to next season. For us, it's just about here.

John Hastings

First of all, I have to thank Milan, but I know that the result has been the fruit of my efforts and my hard work. It has been a fantastic season, and I'm happy. It's a pity about the Champions League final.

Hernan Crespo

This win is going to help start my European season very well.

Steffen Radochla

It's a nice win to begin the season with but I thought we would be sharper. Too many weaknesses were exposed today and poor decisions were made for the majority of the game.

Steve Lapham

That's been the story of our season. These kids deserve so much.

Dave Hancock

That's Melissa (Martin). She's won just about every tournament we've been in this season.

Kipp Schreiner

It was similar to a goal Daniel scored earlier this season against Churchill. He really struck it well and you needed to hit a good shot to beat their keeper.

Rich Brands

We were able to shoot the ball pretty well from the field. Shooting 47 percent has got to be our season high.

Mark Ammann