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Because I've been allowed to stay long enough, I think that's part of the reason that this has occurred, along with, obviously, having some very fine players who've worked their tails off to build this program and bring about stability in this program.

Al Skinner

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

Coach got on our tails about us not playing as hard as we usually play, so we had to really think about what we were doing out there. We got our blood running, and once we got out there, we got after it.

Brandon Bowdry

We're beginning to catch a few good trout along the south shoreline. But it's still very slow fishing with various mullet imitation plugs and Old Bayside tails in white/chartreuse or shad colors.

Skip James

It's awesome, a blessing. Our receivers were down field blocking their tails off. And I had big holes.

Justin Forsett

One thing that has struck me the most is the hundreds of (electricians) out here. They're working their tails off. They're from all over the place.

Rease Watson

It means everything to be in the 'Chase' two years in a row, ... It certainly says a lot for our race team. Everybody at Evernham Motorsports has worked so hard to get us where we needed to be. They have just worked their tails off this year.

Jeremy Mayfield

Everyone has worked their tails off. And that's why they're here.

Sean O'hair

I haven't seen a Susan B. Anthony dollar in a long time. I couldn't tell if it was heads or tails.

Jess Askeroth

In a horrified silence he stood up, and to renewed applause, danced a little jig. He returned to the stage a final time, ostentatiously dusting off his tails to demonstrate that he was OK.

Richard Dyer

They were kids [black and white] who had never been in touching distance of each other and knew nothing about each other . . . One kid said his father told him black kids had tails. He found out we don't.

Herman Boone

I think everything went pretty smoothly. We had a pretty good summer and we worked our tails off during the year. There weren't any major glitches and I was pretty happy with the results.

Chris Murin

We could dance around the topic of how we were getting coverage of the latest crisis involving Canadians in Indonesia while seeming to concentrate on heads and tails.

Peter Buckley

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

Max Eastman

We still have a shot, if we wrestle our tails off. The kids are wrestling hard, and that's all you can ask for. We're right in matches with tough teams, but we're just not getting the job done in getting bonus points.

Anthony Verdi

Our guys competed their tails off. We gave ourselves a chance with the right people shooting the ball. If I were to make any excuses, it would be that Jason and Richard had to log a lot of minutes. Those minutes will catch up to your legs and affect shots at the end of a game.

Lawrence Frank

I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.

Fred Astaire

Our guys busted their tails. They played hard down after down after down against an outstanding offense. You've got some kids who are Division I players on that team who transferred in, but our defense was ruthless in their effort. I'll tell you what, they're going to be damn good.

Matt Kelchner

People are really working their tails off to get production back up and repair Katrina damage.

Tony Lentini

They just kicked our tails. They wanted it more than we did.

Dudley Etheridge

It's hard. But, as I told our guys, North Carolina doesn't pay the bills, and I have a strong loyalty to these guys that we recruited and coached. These guys have worked their tails off.

Scott Cherry

We've only got six kids on our roster, so we don't have a lot of depth, ... But these kids play their tails off, especially at the defensive end of the floor, and we haven't had a problem scoring points, which makes for a pretty good combination.

David Brewer

When we came back from the Christmas break, there was a whole different chemistry with the guys, a whole different attitude. They continually came back and kept working hard. We've tried to get better every day, which has been our goal, and they've worked their tails off.

Dave Ryder

These young men played their tails off but we can't be satisfied with playing good teams close. We need to take the next step and start winning these games.

Marty Taylor

The thing we're going to hear all year is about our distance kids, and well-deserved. They worked their tails off. Coming off a great fall, they're hungry. The fall was nice, but they want to do something on the track.

Kevin Harrington

Obviously on paper it's a lot better (to be 4-1). I'm incredibly proud of the kids and where they've put themselves. The kids have worked their tails off. Now we've got to finish it.

Bill Boyd

I was pleased to see we played hard to the end. We played our tails off; that's all I can ask of them.

Robbie Kennedy

We were frustrated, but we had good looks. It seemed like the harder we worked, the worst it was ... It wasn't because we weren't working hard, we worked our tails off.

Jim Noyes

Our kids competed their tails off.

Bob Barrett

The shaped ski, which really came along just about 10 or 12 years ago, completely changed the sport. They are shorter with bigger tips and tails, which makes them much easier to turn.

Greg Ditrinco

They're coming out and playing their tails off all night long-and that's all we ask.

Jimmy Thompson

Hey, we're 3-0 in the coin toss. Tails never fails.

Daryn Colledge

It seems we're just chasing our tails and we will be for years, ... That's not really a viable solution. That doesn't get us anywhere.

Mike Harrington

They have been playing great down the stretch. They are disciplined, they are hungry, and they want to win. I just can't say enough about them. They are a great group of kids. They keep working and working every day, they bust their tails in practice. It's a tribute to them.

Bill Clifford

They wanted this. It's been a long time coming for them. These seniors have worked their tails off. We've been to North Carolina. We've been all over the place. They've paid the price, so it's kind of nice to see them get a little bit back.

Gordon Hartwell

I road their coat tails. When I called a college and wanted an interview, they said, 'Who are you? Never heard of you.' When they found that I was on the Sea Pines Golf Academy team, they wanted to talk to me.

Doug Weaver

If we go down there with our head between our tails, it could get real ugly real fast. It was a hard thing to take, a frustrating thing to take. We have to move on from that.

Jeff Lebo

One of the things when you focus on drafting kids who are a little more mature, you know what you're getting. Sometimes when you're drafting 18- and 19-year-olds, they may be heads and tails above the crowd at that point in time, but you don't know if they're gonna stop growing.

Jeff Calhoun

We're going to fight this battle and try to get this decision reversed. It wouldn't be in our blood to tuck our tails and not fight back. As far as me not being around here, if I get offered a job that is available now then it would be in my best interest to take what is a sure thing. I would hate to stick around here, fight the good fight and not get reinstated. Then where would I be, unemployed!

Derek Delporto

I had kids that gave me more heart than I've had in a long time. You can't win without heart and these kids busted their tails for me all year.

Glenn Rose

They came to the Open Space Committee eight months ago because they needed a project, and that got us off our tails.

John Coolidge

I shall speak of how melancholy and utopia preclude one another. How they fertilize one another... of the revulsion that follows one insight and precedes the next... of superabundance and surfeit. Of stasis in progress. And of myself, for whom melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin.

Gunter Grass

We're hoping to get Mike to check the ewes for milk production and hold the lambs while the tails are cut. Maybe he can help push them into the corral.

Melody Villard

The primary parts are the wings and the tails. They are the parts that are used the most in regalia and creating religious artifacts. The head and claws would be next.

Bernadette Atencio

We played our tails off, we played hard. But we can't seem to make that shot to get over the hump.

Robbie Kennedy

The guys returning from the (3,200) relay are quite enthusiastic about going back and doing better than they did. They are more serious and we have a few guys who are hoping to tag onto their coat-tails.

Bob Kirk

We had a lot of expectations, so it was disappointing. We just got our tails kicked. Now, we can face it one of two ways ? we can run away and hide or face it like a man.

Tyler Palko

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.

Scottish Proverb

Jackson had full suspension on his rear wheel so he had an advantage over us in the flat. When it came to the climbs, our 'hard tails' were better.

Josh Page

The assistant college coaching life was a very unstable business. A boss might change, or you might be riding someone's coat tails. Opportunities like this one don't come along often, so I took the job.

Scott Edwards

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

Clarence Darrow

Our kids competed their tails off, ... We didn't do a great job executing offensively, especially up front. Give them credit. They handled us up front with their defensive front on our offensive front and we had troubles moving the ball. We left the defense out on the field too long.

Bob Barrett

I've been so pleased with the improvement of these girls. We can compete with the elite teams. They worked their tails off. These girls have come a long, long way this season. It's a testament to their character.

Dave Hollman

It would be nice to get a few more hits spread out over the course of the game, but we'll take them anyway we can. We had some opportunities tonight and it was good to see us take advantage of them. The guys battled their tails off tonight. It should be a big boost for these guys mentally to get them relaxed and get them on a roll.

Jeff Blauser

We just bust our tails and play hard. We might not out-skill them, but we out-hustle them.

Jason Venable

The cafeteria crew worked their tails off for us. They didn't have any electricity, but they had gas, so they were able to cook.

Glenn Davis

They have so many weapons at each position. We knew (Aldridge and Tucker) were unpleasant with their performance the last game. They had something to prove. They came out and played their tails off.

Curtis Jerrells

The power guys worked their tails off.

Lance Lusk

The coin flipped from head to tails and they decided to sell them at the end today.

Patrick Boyle

The challenge is to sort out what's holding us back at the beginning of games. We're responding at half time, responding to the adjustments we are making. We're working our tails off in the second half, getting great chances, but you can't give away the beginning of games and expect to get good results.

Jon Lipsitz

To me it looks like these legislators are simply covering their tails because they know how hotly contested this has been and they made perhaps some unpopular votes with their decisions last session.

Rep Dave Crooks

I think that D-line is playing their tails off. They're not the reason we've lost games.

Ted Thompson

This is not the way anyone wants to win games. They've worked their tails off to be division champions, and it's important for them to know that even though we're archrivals, we care about them.

Bill Resler

We made some bad decisions late in the game. But the kids battled their tails off the whole game. They showed a lot of heart and intensity out there.

Mike Brewster

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. In Boorioboola-Gha a man is presentable on occasions of ceremony if he have his abdomen painted a bright blue and wear a cow's tail; in New York he may, if it please him, omit the paint, but after sunset he must wear two tails made of the wool of a sheep and dyed black.

Ambrose Bierce

I'm so very, very proud of our guys ... they came in here and played their tails off in a hostile environment. They just fought and hung in there when things got tough. We didn't panic, and we were able to escape out of here with a victory.

Steve Hesser

I'm really proud of those guys. They busted their tails all summer. Lifting, running, waking up every morning at 6 o'clock. It paid off. They did an amazing job tonight.

Ryan Lowmiller

It was good, high-density football. We fought our tails off.

Sam Mcgrew

I just kept thinking I got to win the match. They have kicked our tails for as long as I can remember. Last year it was 73-3 and I was like, I am not letting it happen this year.

Dr. Eric Olson