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When it's the postseason, you have to come out with your best or you're not going to win. (Millbrook) was so tenacious on offense and defense.

Greg Nero

He's very tenacious and tough.

Gene Caslin

Mike is a tenacious defender. He's just lightning quick. And when he makes plays, that makes everybody else turn up their D.

Mike Defries

Tanner is a tenacious competitor with a strong will. He learned early on that conditioning can put you on a level playing field and he has always been in fantastic shape. Tanner has a remarkable set of lungs, he can just go and go. That enables him to control the tempo of the bout, to take the fight to the other individual.

Bruce Burnett

We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one.

Shaquille O'neal

Nikki is a natural-born leader. She is a tenacious defender who expects a great deal from herself.

Lesle Gallimore

We can always count on Jackie to bring her 'A' game to the big game. She's a tenacious defender that wears people down.

Bill Hawkey

They are tenacious on defense. They get all over the ball handler, whether it's a double-team or triple-team. It will definitely be a challenge for us to take care of the ball and not give up too many turnovers.

Charles Henke

There is a philosophy for every fight and a way to beat everybody. We collectively study the tapes. I don't do it myself. We put all that together and came up with a game plan. We're totally confident. Jeff is too strong. He's too fast. His determination and tenacious style are going to overwhelm this guy.

Dan Birmingham

She's serious. She's sincere. And she's pretty tenacious about getting her life in order.

Howard Weitzman

Our defense was tenacious. We had the energy which we didn't have at Connecticut. The defense initiated a lot of our offense.

Seimone Augustus

It seems with this team you flick a switch and go from really tenacious to lackadaisical. We just need to put the switch back to tenacious.

Torrie Wheat

Our girls played with courage and determination to fight back from a first half deficit. They played a tenacious defense, but came up a couple of points short.

Jeff Thorne

I think Palm Harbor played a better game. Their passing . . . they were just on. Any ball we sent down, they'd win it. Any ball in the box, they were tenacious.

Rene Mirandilla

This is the third time we're up before the Supreme Court. You cannot say we're not tenacious.

Robert Jacobs

They're just tenacious, ... They're a very aggressive team and their backs run really well to daylight. They find the gaps. They're a hard-hitting team, just like Harlan teams always are.

Jim Duncan

She was a tenacious, tough and strong-willed woman.

Sherlyn Lattimer

For a plane that looked like it might not make it in those early years, it has been a tenacious workhorse.

George Cook

Jim is tenacious, a very capable guy. He doesn't have all the strengths of his dad, and he doesn't have the weaknesses of his dad.

Arthur Sloane

We won't see a more athletic team than Fairfield. They're so athletic, quick and tenacious. We didn't attack their pressure. Teams haven't put pressure on us like Fairfield did.

Brendan Higgins

We stayed focused and didn't let up because our desire and energy to win our tournament was evident with our tenacious play.

Matt Brown

Dennis was as tenacious at play as he was at work, ... And he wouldn't leave until we had our limit. Once he got onto something, he wouldn't let go until it was over.

Bill Adams

This is one of the first times I've stepped into the gym and I'm the tallest person there. I'm just over 5-8, so we're going to have to play tenacious defense and we're going to have to hit the ball smarter, finding better places to put and look for holes.

James Brockway

Kyle can play either right back or left back. He is a tenacious defender that has a big heart. He's excelled both on and off the field and he will bring an excellent work rate to UD.

Dennis Currier

Katie is a streaky shooter, but she had several games this year where her outside shooting made the difference in the win. She is also a good ball handler and a tenacious defender who provided us with excellent on-ball pressure.

Dennis Mann

We played tenacious man-to-man defense. I was glad to see that these girls understand that defense wins championships.

Myron Corbett

He knew how to pitch. He moved the ball around and was tough and tenacious on the mound.

Johnny Bench

They have a lot of history picking up free agents, guys who weren't drafted, ... I thought that I would have a good opportunity to come in and make the team with my heart and my hard work, the way I play. I play very aggressively and tenacious on defense, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for me.

Roger Powell

One thing about them is neither one will give up. They're tenacious, they really are.

Dave Reynolds

They physically wore us down. Their experience and strength took over. They have nice athletes who are competitive, tenacious and well-drilled.

Chris Sampson

What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddenly aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.

Irving R. Kaufman

You have to be smart to play the position. Under Chuck [Noll], you had to be smart, you had to know what's going. And you had to be tenacious and you had to be a decent athlete. It's the same thing now.

Tunch Ilkin

The Oceanside Police Department was tenacious, kept the investigation going and finally caught a couple of breaks and found out where (McIntosh) was.

Thomas Manning

Luther plays with so much energy and he's tenacious on his rebounding. Luther's not a great leaper, but he's a quick leaper.

Danny Grieves

Jon is a proven player. From what everyone tells me, he is quite a tenacious player.

Steve Levesque

IBM believes that the environment has shifted. With increased security protection on most systems and stiffer penalties, we are seeing organized, committed, and tenacious profiteers enter this space. This means that attacks will be more targeted and potentially damaging.

Cal Slemp

I'm constantly amazed at her athleticism. She's tenacious.

Michele Nagamine

In one of the most inhospitable places in our galaxy, stars have prevailed. It appears that star formation is much more tenacious than we previously believed.

Sergei Nayakshin

Needs to be more aggressive but is very tenacious both on offense and defense.

Morris Hodges

We asked Charles to be the anchor in the middle for our team. He is a tenacious and aggressive defender and he would deny his opponent in the middle and also has great defensive skills.

Kurt Keener

We had 63 hours of hearings, ... We were tenacious, but I think we were fair.

Dr. Jim Graham

Regan is a very tough and tenacious defender and should compete for playing time very quickly after her arrival on campus. She has good 1 v 1 defending ability and plays a very simple game, which does not often lead her to many mistakes. She is tough to beat, which can help us in the center of our defense and also has the versatility to play on the left side as a man marker.

Chris Kouns

He was damn sure tenacious at getting at this thing, ... It's yet to be seen whether he can stand up to the heat of the matter.

Jim Mattox

Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.

Paul De Man

We have awakened the sleeping giant. Everybody knows he is a very accomplished and very tenacious campaigner and will win handily.

Allen Blakemore

You don't see that type of physical play in Missouri. The leaning, the elbows, that tenacious play - you can't play that way in Missouri. It's more of a finesse game.

Randy Reed

The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I think it's a great opportunity for Keith. Again, another kid with a hard-work ethic and tenacious play, plays with a lot of heart.

Jerome Souers

He's incredibly tenacious and he just gets after it.

Quincy Lewis

Our kids were very focused and very tenacious today. Our guys had 12 pins for the day. I thought our seniors really did well. All three of those guys did great jobs for us.

John Mesenbrink

Crystal is a wonderful athlete that is gifted with speed, a tenacious attitude and a tremendous passion for the game. She is a quality defender who also possesses the mindset to get forward in the attack. These qualities along with a strong desire for winning will only help bolster our team and our back line.

Bryan Blitz

Boy, can [Callahan] run. He's very tenacious. He is an every-down player with a high motor.

Harold Lewis

She's very passionate about what the Humane Society stands for. She was tenacious without being annoying.

Barry Greenberg

Everybody was great on defense. I am very proud of them. They were so tenacious on defense and just wanting it - wanting it so much.

Deb Henderson

The governor is a tenacious campaigner and we're looking forward to telling Georgians about what he's accomplished.

Nick Ayers

Sarah is one of the best defensive players I've seen go one-on-one with the other team's guards ... she tenacious.

Tom Morong

I couldn't do anything but keep going. It says something for being a little bit tenacious.

Mark Leno

Long distance running is 80 percent mind and willpower. In the last 12 years, I can't think of a runner who has had more commitment and dedication. She's just tenacious.

Rod Anzai

He's tenacious. When he decides to take control of the boards, it's over.

Craig Swartout

She is obviously an extremely tenacious lady who does not want her extraordinary deductions to be contradicted by the evidence.

Jack The Ripper

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

Edna O'brien