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We played sluggish in the game. Our defense never stepped up, and we let their leading scorer have her way. Our plan was to shut her down, but we just didn't come out ready to play.

Rolander Fontenot

As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.

Don Brash

We do think that retail will continue its sluggish performance and we're working hard to make sure that we're getting more smaller ads in the newspapers to make up for that.

Gary Pruitt

We played a little sluggish this evening. We're going to get back to the drawing board this week in practice and gear up for a big weekend with Brownstown and Charlestown.

Summers Montgomery

We started off kind of sluggish. I felt like we could've come out better to play, but after we made some adjustments we were able to get things going.

Ledawn Gibson

We're disappointed obviously in our effort tonight. We came out sluggish. That's a good hockey team we played, and they just took it to us tonight. We couldn't work out of the funk.

Ron Kuhl

We just came out sluggish. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. Southside is a really good team and the pressure got to us.

Chauncey Shines

We came out flat in the second half. We came out and committed two costly fouls at the beginning of the half. We just played sluggish.

Lewis Jackson

We came out sluggish. I think you'll see a better team the rest of the way.

Nick Navratil

Without the Bank of America-Fleet announcement today, we'd be looking at a much more sluggish performance for bank stocks in the near term. There are still a number of questions about the economy.

Frank Barkocy

We haven't beaten them in at least four years and that could've had something to do with it. We came out sluggish in the first 20 minutes and were lucky it was only a 1-0 game. They had quite a few quality shots and many more shots than we did.

Stephen Collins

Their desire to give and to help is extremely strong, but it could've been even greater if the economy hadn't been so sluggish.

Sheila Consaul

Since there are no (divestment) targets, there is no quantitative impact on any setback to divestment process though it surely sends a signal that reforms continue to be sluggish as ever.

Abheek Barua

We just started off sluggish after a driving an hour and a half.

Chris Rogers

We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment, ... Sluggish retail advertising and continued declines in automotive reduced the rate of revenue growth in the quarter. But our real estate and employment advertising remained strong both in print and online, with online advertising showing continued strength in all categories.

Gary Pruitt

He?s had a little bit of a sluggish start, but he?s coming along pretty quick.

Yates Hall

In swimming, when you head into championships, it gets worse before it gets better because when you start resting up, you get a bit sluggish the last couple of meets before it.

Nort Thornton

We were sluggish and a little off-kilter for the entire game. But the Notre Dame kids deserve credit. They played very hard.

Dick Loschi

The market is definitely a lot more sluggish than at the end of last year. However how much of that is attributable to the holiday break and how much is to do with rising interest rates is hard to say.

Howard Morley

Once again (Comcast) achieved double-digit (operating cash flow) growth and that's a big plus in a sluggish economy.

Jim Boyle

With the economy being sluggish as it is, even though there are some signs of improvement, now is the time to put money back into the economy with a purpose, and that's to create jobs.

Lindsey Graham

We started out sluggish in the first half. In the second half I set some goals for them and asked them to play more aggressive and it paid off.

Katie Keazer

We were sluggish in the first half. And it really cost us.

Leonard Perry

I thought we were a little bit sluggish in the second half when they cut it down to 16, but then we started playing a little bit better.

Bill Foy

We expect sluggish sales in the first half of 2006 due to a continuation of calendar 2005 themes.

Brent Thill

The first 10 days we were cursed for being sluggish. If the government satisfies half the people, the other half will complain. And this one half will be heard by the world.

Alwi Shihab

We came out sluggish in the first quarter. But after that, we took it up a notch and once we started running them, they seemed to lose their legs.

Dave Griffith

Dustin did a great job to start with. He has, I think, a couple of 3-0 counts and came back and got guys out. We were sluggish to start with, but Dustin kept us in there. He didn't have good stuff, but he kept us in striking distance.

Cory Anderson

It was very in need. We were getting kinda sluggish. People were tired. Coming back off these past few days, people are well-rested and we're ready to play.

Quantez Robertson

After a sluggish start, our kids played well. Our second unit really made things happen!

Bob Monahan

It was a must-win, really, to keep our playoff hunt going. We had a tough game (Tuesday, a 10-7 loss to St. Thomas) and we knew we?d be tired. We were sluggish at the beginning, but the kids responded. That was a good fourth quarter.

Gary Sherman

The first half we were sluggish, and they were killing us on the boards. We couldn't play any worse, but we did play better... 14 points at halftime, that's terrible.

Mike Reynolds

Up to now, giant squids were thought to be relatively sluggish squids that stay in deep waters without moving much ... But we found out that they move around pretty actively.

Tsunemi Kubodera

We came out sluggish. I don't know why. It might have been because we had a long time between weigh-in and when we were supposed to wrestle.

Clifford Garnto

We continue to expect Oracle's business to show sluggish incremental growth, with growing competition in the database business likely to mute acceleration of the segment as competitors introduce new releases of their products.

John Rizzuto

The first half was gruesome. Neither team could buy a basket. Both teams were sluggish, and it was a slow-motion game -- very choppy and with little flow. It was an off night for both of us, but we made a nice run at the end, forcing some turnovers with our press and this was a nice win to get, especially because it gives us something to play for the rest of the way.

Mark Aronson

We suspect economic activity over much of 2006 will be held back by sluggish consumer spending and that the Bank of England's growth forecast will prove to be too optimistic.

Howard Archer

We always seem to be getting off to sluggish starts in the first quarter of every game in this series.

Lee Okuja

They've been a little sluggish at practice. They were sluggish today. That's been a little trend. So, we'll see. The wear and tear of the season is gaining on us. We've got to overcome it.

Leslie Davis

But the overall economy is still sluggish. As a result, our near-term outlook remains cautious.

Brian L. Halla

We came out a little sluggish. It's tough to play catch-up.

Derek Hamilton

We started off really sluggish. That shot got us going and started us rolling.

Joevan Catron

We were sluggish during the second half. Fortunately, we had the big halftime lead. We will have to be ready for a good challenge against Andrew. It should be a good game.

Matt Major

We feel if we have 10 turnovers or less, we'll have a chance to win the game. We had a pretty good first half but were sluggish in the second, and that's to be expected with such a big lead.

Wake Wood

We were kind of sluggish on defense and let them get easy shots in the first half. We knew we had to be more focused on getting stops and score on the other end.

Marcus Sikes

The fourth quarter is going to be very sluggish, indeed. We'll see some improvement in the first quarter, but it's a slow grind.

Richard Berner

It was big, especially how we started the game. We came out really sluggish, but stuck with it, so that was a big win for us.

Ben Gordon

We started out sluggish. It took us a while to get in our groove.

Jason Swearingen

All year, we've started sluggish and gotten off to bad starts. I always try to pump everyone up, and tonight everyone did get pumped.

Greg Kimber

Some never tame down, some will half-tame down and some will tame down to where it's relatively safe, ... If you're feeling a little sluggish yourself, you don't grab the meanest one. If you feel spunky, you grab the mean one.

Greg Long

I was worried a little bit because it was senior night. We sometimes come out a little sluggish . . . I didn't think I'd have to pump them up too much to play tonight. The situation in and of itself did that.

Laura Romo

We needed to step up our defense in the second half, because we looked and played a bit sluggish in the second quarter. We had to keep them to just one shot and to block them out from getting offensive rebounds. We did that and got some opportunities to score on the press break.

Julie Mattson

Employment did not pick up in February probably because the property market was still sluggish after the Chinese Lunar New Year and some companies and retailers were letting staff go after the peak season.

Henry Tsoi

We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here in these numbers. That doesn't mean it's not there. Certainly the weekly retail sales numbers have been sluggish.

Delos Smith

We played really sluggish and relaxed on defense. We played lousy.

Tom Thacker

It's going to be very difficult for the ECB to raise rates if growth is looking sluggish. Even so people are looking for the ECB to act and that makes the bond market not very attractive.

Guillaume Sciard

It gave us a little more energy. We were real sluggish today. But we did have a good last 25 minutes of the game. Overall the last half played much better than the first half.

Thad Kopec

We came out sluggish. All four of their goals in the first period came on shots from the point and rebounds. We weren't tough enough in front of our net.

Jeff Wood

Our first half play was extremely positive, some of the best combinations we have seen by our guys all year. The first 30 minutes of the second half belonged to Trinity Christian as we came out sluggish with our effort and pressure.

Russ Lawson

We were a little bit sluggish. But Elizabeth Forward is an improved team, and we have to keep that in mind.

Tommy Dolde

Basically the economy is sluggish. We are seeing consumers resisting spending and the outlook for the second half of the year is not as bright as it had been. Even Wal-Mart said its second half will not be as strong.

Dana L. Telsey

Our game plan was to push the puck. We got a little sluggish in the second period. We didn't mess around in the third period, we didn't try to thread the needle with any passes. But, we almost gave it away.

Scott Rebello

We came out real sluggish on defense. We really refocused (at halftime) and came out and played some good team defense.

Rocky Peterson

We knew they were going to come in here and battle. They started out of the gates quick and we were a little sluggish, but I thought our kids kept their composure.

Dave Heiss

The electronics sector and the digital product-related sectors are still sluggish but this has not affected other sectors much. That helped sustain the momentum for the Japanese economy as a whole.

Tomomichi Akuta

We started off a little sluggish, maybe a little tentative, a little tight. It was good for us to get into a couple different sets defensively to get a little more aggressive and make some plays.

Terry Becker

The key factor in the first half of 1999 will be sluggish demand for industrial commodities. That will keep markets under wraps and make rallies short-lived.

William O'neill

We believe PC demand remained sluggish in October and Intel is facing a more challenging competitive environment.

Mark Edelstone

Our intensity level wasn't where it needed to be. We were sluggish, then we picked it up, then we were sluggish again.

John Hufford

Both teams started sluggish. We couldn't get a bucket. And when River Ridge gets going, they are tough to beat. We just never really got going at all.

Randy Hancock

I told the girls at the half that we need to have someone step up. We needed to maintain possession and that's what we did. We came up sluggish in the first half and we needed a momentum shift. Sarah's goal was huge because it got us going. From there we came back hard in the second half and were able to get a win.

Kaitlin Carney

In the first quarter, we came out a little sluggish so in the second quarter I was determined to not lose.

Tyra Grant

We came out sluggish but then made a little run at the end of the first half that got us some confidence heading into halftime. We used that and came out and played really well in the second half.

Mark Winter

Everybody played hard. After a sluggish start, we began hitting shots in the second half. We passed the ball well and hit the open man.

Chad Keys

This was because the non-US business of the company grew by a healthy 13 percent, compensating in significant measure for the sluggish US market.

Brian Tempest

I think we showed a lot, battling back after the first night. That was pretty ugly. We could've -- not folded, but we could've come out and played sluggish again. We battled and I think we should take some positive things from that.

Brian Roberts

The trade surplus will continue to shrink because of higher oil prices and sluggish exports. The direct effect of high oil prices on Japan is negligible and domestic capital spending is strong which is also causing imports to rise.

Junichi Makino

M&A in insurance was bleak this quarter. Equity market jitters combined with accounting and reserve issues will likely keep M&A sluggish for the next couple of quarters.

Bjorn Turnquist

We looked a little sluggish. Especially on defense. We were not as aggressive as we have been the last couple of games.

Billy Wyatt

We're still in sluggish trade. Confidence is not good in Hong Kong; investors are still worried about interest rates and the market is not optimistic about the results announcements.

Linus Yip

It would be very surprising if we went through the next five years without some contractions or sluggish growth.

Robert Reischauer

Our offense was very sluggish out there, ... and we never had our tempo.

Johnnie Morton

I thought it was a well-played game by both teams. We got off to a sluggish start but our kids hung in there and were able to come back but it wasn't quite enough. Their goalie played great but we hurt ourselves especially on the power play where we struggled.

Gary Lindgren

We were a little sluggish Monday. We got better Tuesday.

Andrew Young

The New York Times, despite having a pretty good strategy with regard to both print and online, has probably had some of the most sluggish ad revenue growth in the newspaper industry and at the same time has incurred more cost increases than its peers.

Douglas M. Arthur

We definitely missed Brittany, but I thought the kids really responded well and put together a nice, solid basketball game. We started a little sluggish in the first quarter and that's to be expected because we only found out at 4 o'clock before the game that Brittany would not play.

Bill Cleary

The first half we came out sluggish. We shot 22 percent in the first half.

Terry Boe

In the first half, we were sluggish and we weren't doing what we needed to do to be successful. They were doing a great job of controlling the tempo, and they were playing great defense. I think on the offensive end, we were getting a little anxious in the first half.

Brock Blassingame

I'm not happy with a tie, but this was our first game in 14 days. We were sluggish at first and sluggish at times during the game.

Jeff Wood

The early November period was rather sluggish but the good news is that the Thanksgiving weekend was superb and that really set the momentum for the holiday season.

Steve Kernkraut

These numbers are in line with an economy we see as sluggish but still growing. Consumers are still willing to spend, even if they do have to dip into savings.

Robert Goodman

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

Marcus Aurelius

During league play we were really playing kind of sluggish. We should have won a lot more than we did. The last two months we're really turned it on. We've been playing fantastic.

Tim Gleason

I didn't know how we would play after the Aiken game. We played a little sluggish at times (tonight), but hopefully we got all of that out of our system.

Carlos Hope

I hate to say, but we didn't know what to expect, and we didn't listen to our coaches. We didn't come out and give this team as much respect as we should of. Our coaches had been telling us all week they were good, but we came out a little slow and sluggish.

Jaycee Carroll

We came out and competed. It was a little sluggish, a little ugly. After a tough week last week, it's always good just to get a win.

Josh Martin

This eruption has gotten increasingly sluggish. There's almost no gas being produced. We haven't had a big event since the (36,000 foot high) ash plume in March 2005, and we're feeling increasingly comfortable that we're looking at the sluggish end of this. ... I don't see how it can go on for another year without stalling.

Dave Sherrod

We always run, but tonight we kind of slowed it down a little bit. I think that's why we looked a little sluggish in the second half.

Tiff Corle

Keep in mind that it's only a six-month delay, so it's not catastrophic ... (But) right now there are a lot of clouds in the sky. There's speculation that their second quarter will be difficult. There's the problems in Asia and the sluggish Japanese economy. A lot of things don't bode well in the near term.

David Powers

The lack of funds and manpower are to blame for the sluggish growth of Chinese NGOs. But if the experiment succeeds, there will be a brand new area for these public welfare organizations.

Tang Min

We rebounded well after a sluggish first half. Our bench gave us a good spark.

Jim Tobin

It's not too tough to do. I just think right now we're a little sluggish on it, but we'll peak at the right time.

Shantell Marquis

We've seen higher inflation in the course of this year than perhaps was anticipated last year when wage deals were negotiated, ... Consequently that's eroded household purchasing power, and we've actually seen very sluggish consumer demand - which has been a big surprise.

Peter Dixon

Judging by the sluggish ticket sales for the Cardinals-49ers (on Oct. 2), ... Mexico City fans know quality football when they don't see it.

Dan Bickley

It's really a sluggish day. there isn't a whole lot of news out there. It's a technical rebound and we're seeing some bargain hunters.

Ciaran O'kelly

I told them to get it in gear. Even in the end they looked sluggish.

Clifford Garnto

We told them after the game, 'You have 12 hours to enjoy this. We'll see you tomorrow at 10 o'clock for films,' ... We were a little sluggish in practice on Tuesday, so we had a little conversation about what can happen if you're satisfied with what you've accomplished. The kids have picked it up and gotten back in the groove. They're not too high or too low.

Joe Hamilton

It was a very physical game and I felt we were a bit sluggish after Tuesday night's game (a four-point loss to league-leading Hoquiam). I felt like we were a step behind.

Julie Mattson

Against Mercy we played with no intensity. It was not a good effort. We appeared sluggish, but Mercy was very good, very quick. Mercy is a good team that played well.

Bob Faulkner

It took a lot of pressure off. Tonight we learned from last weekend. You don't want to come out in the first game and be kind of sluggish.

Josh Cribb

This evening was a solid performance from everybody. We started a little sluggish in the first game, missing seven serves. But from there, we got going and I was able to get some younger players in tonight.

Summers Montgomery

We were a little sluggish at the beginning because we hadn't thrown the ball a lot all year. That's obviously an aspect of our offense that we're going to have to get better at.

Jerry Allen

He looked pretty good. He was D. Wade. If anything, [he was] a little sluggish for the most part. But he knocked down his shots, and he was still aggressive.

James Posey

She was gone the entire break, and she came back in time for the Sicily Island tournament. She's kind of sluggish right now, but she has fit in real good with the program. We're very happy to have her.

Lisa Abron

There's no doubt the retail environment is sluggish. It's bordering on awful. The number of bombs that are being dropped in retail, there's no shortage, but I'm getting a little bit hopeful that with each bomb it brings us closer to the end.

Aram Rubinson

We came out in the second half and dominated. We played, we won balls, we passed well. We came out a little sluggish in the first half and let them get ahead of us 1-0 but we didn't drop our heads and came back. Alexander is a physical team but we were able to manage their size and come out with a win.

Katie Gravel

We looked sluggish in the first half and turned it on with defensive pressure in the second half. We were very lucky where we were coming out of the first half.

Andy Cameron

We were sluggish. We couldn't make the shots fall.

Christy Porter

I don't think we played to our potential. It was our first game, and we were a little sluggish and nervous. Our final pass wasn't there all night. But I still think we controlled the game from the beginning.

Samir Haj

I wasn't very happy with our defensive effort in the first half. We looked a little bit sluggish ? I think there was a little bit of a hangover from the Boardman game but we battled through it.

Sean Durkin

We kind of came out a little sluggish.

Gabe Pruitt

The kids just started out playing real sluggish and low-key, and normally they're more excited and into the game.

Bob Cummings

We got a little sluggish in the second half. But we stepped it up on defense and then our offense kind of flowed from that.

Chelsey Nelson

We started out sluggish, but they responded well and picked up the pressure and forced some turnovers.

Joel Sullivan

More sluggish economic growth combined with success in reducing inflation provides a potent mix for the authorities to cut rates.

Lawrence Goodman

We started out sluggish. But they are just cool. They had it under control. I think I worried more than they did.

David Fuhrer

I'm very disappointed; the coaches have been on us. I am very disappointed because we're coming out too sluggish. We have to come out with some type of energy. We got to make some changes around. I'm not denying anything, including myself. I gotta give more to the team as far as coming and bringing the energy.

Florentino Valencia

He was a little sluggish to start out with. It showed that he hadn't practiced for awhile.

Kevin Cosgrove

If he sees guys are down or if he sees we're having a sluggish practice, he's the first guy clapping his hands and talking loud and trying to get everybody up. He has so much respect that everybody listens to him. During the game, he's patting cats on the head and trying to keep guys up. He's real quiet outside of football, but when it's football time, he's the ideal player a coach wants to have.

Sean Coffey

Coming out of the holidays, you worry about them being a little sluggish.

Jim Crosbie

We came out a little sluggish, and they were more fired up than we were. It was tied before I hit that three, and that momentum swing definitely just took it right out of them. It was a big momentum swing.

Boone Thorgesen

If you've been following us close lately, for the last three or four weeks, even in our losses we've defended well. We came out a little sluggish, but we made some adjustments to get more pressure defensively and it got us going.

Pat Lewis

We've had a tendency to come out sluggish on Saturday. However, this weekend was completely different. We came out strong and played like we know how to play.

Eric Snyder

I have all the respect in the world for Franklin, they are very tough to beat at home and they always play us hard. We came out a little bit sluggish, but I reminded the girls what stakes they were playing for, and they responded.

Erin Aitken