(South) did what he's done all year. He kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win.

Mark Pickle

Our agents along with the San Antonio Police Department arrested two people that we believe without a doubt committed and facilitated the escape of the seven inmates on December the 13 of last year.

Larry Todd

We probably have enough fuel to do the extended mission, one year and a half, for 468 days.

Don Mccoy

In enterprises, this is starting to happen now, but in consumer side I would not expect a large uptake at least for a year.

Sarah Hicks

Over the course of the year, the European markets have outperformed the U.S. I think that part of that is that the big heavyweights that drag the European indexes forward have a much more international orientation, so as global growth has begun to accelerate, I think that companies with a global footprint have been able to enjoy the benefit of that.

Steve Pope

It was different for me this year. It was more shooting for me and I had to create my own shot. It was a lot of pressure.

Julie Molloy

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

We hope to be expanding. We're starting off with three theater productions this year. We hope to expand it to four next year. We just want to have a real diverse season.

Mark Swezey

I think getting that record would mean a lot for our team because it would show how far we've come. I also think going to San Diego and winning the game would set the tone for this team next year.

Lamar Owens

I think everybody expects a big year out of our running game. We're still going to throw the ball, but our bread and butter is the running game. It always has been, even though we're known as a passing team by some people.

Marvin Philip

I still want to give him the benefit of the doubt. He went from seeing 80-mph fastballs in high school to 90 mph last year.

Tom Spencer

We think it's good the tournament is drawing from Charlotte and I'm sure Lancaster area golfers will be prepared to take back the title next year.

Fredrick Thomas

Even when I was at Northwestern [Miami], I had always made a point to travel to high-level events. This year, we set the table, competing against top competition. Next year, it will be more intense.

Baronton Terry

The majority of the top pitching prospects in the organization are here with us this year. People should be able to get a good look at what is coming.

Charlie Corbell

It is a positive that they got some legitimate time. Those two are going to be vying to replace Mitch next year, and it's good that they got in there and ran our stuff.

Steve Bell

The Indian Ocean tsunami occurred during their high school senior year, and Hurricane Katrina hit the southern Gulf Region in August, as many students began college. This widespread rise in student attitudes reflecting social concerns and civic responsibility could be a reaction to the worst global and national disasters witnessed in their lifetime.

John Pryor

It sticks in your head when something like that happens and you can't get it out until you get over the hump. A lot of guys were here last year and they know it takes for us to win.

Matt Hackl

We played pretty well against them, but we didn't have any answers for (MWC player of the year) Brandon Heath. They're an unbelievably talented team, a team playing with a lot of confidence. We'll start with Michael Harrison on Heath, and hopefully we can make him take tough shots.

Dale Layer

I've known since last year I was going to run. It was just a matter of who was going to be running with me.

Chad Caldwell

Our team is working very hard and had a great summer of base building, running every day. Our goal, as it is every year, is to be able to contend for a state championship.

Jayme Skay

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

We had a small group last year, with seven kids. This year we have six, but it's a tight-knit group. Some of these kids are inexperienced, so hopefully by the regional tournament we will be able to compete for a team title.

Bob Rosnick

[She also wants a sixth-year exemption from the NCAA, so she can return to the Lobos.] We have 125 great guys on this team, and I haven't had one single incident, ... That's because of the standard  Coach [Rocky] Long sets here for behavior. There's no b.s.

Katie Hnida

I'm confident in my pitchers. Between pitching, [pitch] location and defense, we have to put the pieces of the puzzle together. I told [all the players] if they don't believe in themselves it's going to be a long year.

Chris Tippins

Last year Florida grew by about 400,000 people, around 2.5% to 3%.

Matthew Mcnee

The first period we played as well as we (had) all year. They took over in the second, but we got it back.

Garth Snow

The church wasn't looking to harm these players, and the players weren't trying to hurt their team. I hate it for these guys. They were all an integral part of the team. For the two seniors, this was their last year.

Jim Tuley

We're an industry leader; we'll be number one by the end of next year. It's almost guaranteed.

Ryan Jumonville

Last year after Junior Day we met as a staff and talked about what kids we liked. We decided who we wanted more film on and who would be coming to our skills camp.

Paul Tidwell

We like to vary what we offer from year to year. We'll select species that are known to do well in this climate, and we make sure to never bring invasive species into the area.

Steve Mahoney

We have an 'older' club this year. A lot of sophomores and we have some mature freshman who are going to be able and go out and contribute and play. [They will] contribute in a lot of ways to help this team out, to compete to win the Jayhawk West again, compete for the Region VI Final and compete for a national title.

Chris Finnegan

Our defense has been playing well and this was our 10th shutout this year. I was pretty confident once we got a goal. We aren't going to give up many goals.

Dwayne Lawrence

I believe the market will see close to one million square feet of spec suburban office space under construction by year-end 2006 as tenant demand continues to increase.

Clint Miller

Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.

Marcello Mastroianni

It is a nice way to end the year. It is nice to give people a good time and give them somewhere to go.

Jim Zandri

The norm will be to work for several employers; on again, off again; as an employee one year, as an independent contractor the next year; 40 hours one week, 20 hours another; on-site this month, telecommuting the next; and so on.

Bruce Tulgan

We've been talking as a team this whole year about how we really want - and need - a win in the fall. I think we're going to have a few this year.

Ryan Donovan

We have a fifteen year lead in this market and we will retain our leadership.

John Schwartz

If we don't get any bad bogeymen coming out of the closet, like hurricanes, it should be a good year.

Joseph Curatolo

We just went back to the fundamentals of hitting this year. It's just making contact. We're not trying to hit home runs.

Johnny Smith

Foreign investors actively bought... towards the end of the year after seeing the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the general election.

Masatoshi Sato

We keep thinking these designer dogs are just a fad, but year after year goes by, and they're still popular.

Garry Garner

So many good things happened this year that you have to be proud of these guys.

Bud Black

I guess it would be safe to say there would be no Test matches in the Caribbean next year.

Roger Brathwaite

I'm hoping if I do have surgery, I can put it off until the end of the year so I don't have to miss time. I'm sure I'll have a couple of options. Whatever gets me back faster is what I want to do.

Steve Schweer

You guys know better than anybody that there are good days and there are bad days, ... I'm not saying we're going to the playoffs this year. But it sure is nice to win the first one.

Wayne Huizenga

One of our problems all year was that we didn't have that third line producing as many points as our first and second line. I called (the Mitchell, Banks, Slaney line) our third line, but Saturday, you couldn't really tell a difference.

Josh Blaisdell

I think it may be tougher this year because there are more nerves from the expectation of winning it. I have more motivation to train harder. I never take anything for granted. I like Vitaly. He's a good kid. I'm glad to see him make it here. He'll be a good opponent to have in the finals.

Troy Dolan

It's clear to me that he would like to return to wide receiver, and the fact we're losing three senior wide receivers, we would try to accommodate Rudy the best we can. He did what we asked him to do this year. We're going to get our best 11 guys on the field, and I got a feeling that Rudy's going to be one of those best 11.

Dirk Koetter

I can't tell you how much work we have put in. You add up how many swings we have taken, it probably doubles what we had last year. Now, they are having success and they are believing what we are telling them.

Cory Lewis

Mitchell said. ''He's still ticking pretty good. No question the system you run in is very important. How do you get your yards? Ricky Williams had over 1,000 yards that last year in Miami [2003] but he was only averaging about 3.5 yards a carry. That's tough, tough yardage. Your body will only take but so much of that. Corey can get those yards, but he gets them outside, too.

Corey Dillon

Coming in, I had a lot of questions whether I'd go a whole year, ... Even though [doctors] said I should be all right, still, you have it in the back of your mind.

Joe Mauer

It's hard to imagine buying bonds, especially after reports added to signs of that the economy is expanding. Bond investors will probably avoid buying as we head into the 10-year auction.

Tsutomu Kawasaki

It back-end loads the full (year) shipment increase. Now, (second-half) shipments will have to be an aggressive 9-11 percent (higher) to stay within ... guidance.

Robin Farley

There's no other way I'd like to go out my senior year.

Andrew Frank

The kid's been doing it all year. He's slippery and he can burn you. That first run he had, I just kind of dropped my jaw in watching him make a cut and blowing away the secondary.

Owen Schmitt

It's not an instant fix. But over a 3-5 year period, it should help raise car counts.

Larry Mattingly

We hope to make a difference in setting a challenge goal for the nation of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015. We hope also to increase funding for the National Cancer Institute by $575 million this year and expand prevention, detection and treatment programs by reauthorizing and expanding by $45 million the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Bea Fuentes

That's the only negative about this. These kids have been working hard all year for a win like this. It's just too bad it had to come on Mike's night.

Jasper Williams

I am happy that every team is now focusing on improving their fielding. When South Africa went to Australia last year, they dropped 11 catches while Australians dropped just one. Australia beat us 2-0 in the series. If we had held those catches, the story would have been different.

Jonty Rhodes

I have no problems with them giving the legislature a little more time, but I don't think the Giambra Administration and the legislature can together put together a four-year plan that's balanced.

Barry Weinstein

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

Many Japanese importers will have their last business day of the year on Wednesday. They needed the dollar for the year-end settlements of their businesses.

Tatsuro Karitani

Our revenue was in line with the revised guidance we gave at the end of February. As we discussed then, we have undertaken a variety of focused initiatives to increase top-line growth for the second half of the year -- and beyond.

Brian Mueller

If you pay me out of your stock, I know you're committed. Imagine a 23-year-old making that decision. It was not an inconsequential amount of money.

Mort Meyerson

We don't expect the economy or the storage market to show signs of a recovery until the second half of the year.

Patrick Martin

She hasn't picked up a glove in over a year and hasn't skipped a beat. She's a role model for the underclassmen. It's great having her back.

Greg Omoto

That took its toll toward the end of the season. This year we have a lot more guys to give us depth. If we give these guys experience early on, they'll be there for us later.

Shelden Williams

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

All three boats were pretty close in speed, and it was going to come down to who could make the fewest mistakes down the stretch. It was nice to start the year off with a win, even though we weren't able to operate at full speed.

Mike Irwin

I think all year long we've talked about one or two different people stepping up at the right time. I think tonight I had five kids on the floor step up and do the little things.

Stacey Stroman

Open your books, show us how much you make, and allow us to then see if we can give you logo rights for $1 a year, or something like that.

John Elkington

This was the first time that [a proper summer break] has happened for me and it is my third year with Bayern.

Roy Makaay

Should these conditions prevail in the rest of this year, it will be a challenge to equal the record profits of 2000.

Rijkman Groenink

Anytime you have a point guard who can get in there and draw a lot of defense and kick it, it makes it easy on the shooters. She?s really matured a lot from last year. I think she realizes now how important she is in our offense and what abilities she really has to make everything work.

Ann Strother

It's the one thing that differentiates us from every other faction of the industry. We're willing to go in and work together. You have the power of four or five acts versus the power of one. This year is just slammed with [country] traffic, so to go in as a group and sell tickets is a heck of a lot more persuasive than one at a time.

Brian O'connell

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

My birth certificate read Dorothy May Kinnicutt, but, lest you think that the name "Sister" has any ecclesiastical significance, let me hasten to point out that it was immediately hung on me by my three-year-old brother, Frankie.

Sister Parish

2005 was another good year for Honeywell. Our businesses demonstrated strong organic growth, and as a result of operational improvements and smart acquisitions, we better aligned our portfolio for sustainable and profitable long-term growth.

Dave Cote

At the beginning of the year, we thought he had offensive skill. He lacked it at the start of the season, but he's come on. We need youngsters like that to step up and make big plays.

Chris Spillane

We spend almost six months out of the year together. As with any coach/player relationship, we do butt heads, but he's a great guy and is so helpful that it makes spending so much time together easy.

Art Linares

We have to get a junior hockey franchise put together from top to bottom. We're looking forward to it, but that year and a bit is going to go by in a hurry.

Allan Watt

Last year was kind of the triple-A (minor leagues). We're ready for the big time.

Carson Daly

It's real important for each class to live up to that tradition. It's real important for our kids to go out and perform, not only in the league but at sectional, district and state. We just take them in order. It is important to every class, especially the seniors each year, to step up in that leadership role. You don't want to be the group that doesn't live up to that tradition.

John Riggs

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

This drug should not be administered by mouth or any other way to a 6-year-old.

Sean Howard

The three central banks seemed to be more inclined to intervene in the market while the Bank of Korea over the year or so intervened less.

Michael Spencer

I think that Samantha has been taking it to a higher level all year long. Mentally, she's at a higher level and has developed on the golf course maturity wise to where she knows she doesn't have to be at her best all the time to compete and win. But she certainly goes into each event knowing that she has what it takes and never questions herself.

Ray Kralis

Just about everyone we recruited had a BCS school (scholarship) offer. That was our competition this year. Other than in-state competition with BYU, we had very little competition with Mountain West schools. It was all BCS schools, which is a good thing.

Kyle Whittingham

What a day. I was a bit disgusted coming off the 17th, but the lob wedge on the last spun back nicely and went in. There is no way I can play worse tomorrow than I did today. I felt like an eight-year-old again.

Garry Houston

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

We haven't been able to pick up third-and-short running all year. But I think our offensive line is finally coming together.

Brodie Croyle

We think we're going to have another good year in 2006. All signs indicate that that's going to happen.

Mike Bair

I'm real happy for me and Jon with this being our senior year. We've accomplished a lot with our 100 wins, we're number three and four in the history of our wrestling program and I'm just happy we both made it.

Josh Bordner

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

Anything that's going to compromise that and is going to set us back, then, as you can tell, in the American culture we'll look for the next best thing. And football will be gone, and it will be hockey next year.

Ruben Brown

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Laura Lange

Coming after the inflation report last week, GDP is likely to be revised higher. It will give the pound a push, fueling the argument for no rate cut this year.

Mike Berg

They have put back probably $80,000 a year just in case some emergency comes up.

Bill Pippins

Some of these bills have been before the Legislature before and we get very, very liberal people who kill these bills off, and then we have to go the initiative route. But that could take another year and the question is, should the public not be protected for a year?

Sean Walsh

Tobacco use kills 1200 Americans every day and 450,000 every year. More people die from tobacco-related diseases than from AIDS, alcohol use, drugs, fires, car accidents, murders and suicides combined. It is the nation's leading preventable cause of death.

Cheryl Healton

Brian continues to be one of the best defensive catchers in the game, shutting the running game down. Offensively, his on-base percentage and slugging percentage continue to improve every single year. His strikeouts continue to be reduced every year.

Jim Bowden

It seemed like not only we couldn't get the shots to fall, we started to panic a little bit. We turned the ball over more so than we've done all year.

Sondra Vogel

Given the urgency of the challenges that face the province, and the amazing opportunities that lie before us, the impact of a two-year leadership race must seriously be considered.

Lyle Oberg

We think the two-year time period provides the stable leadership that we need to really do this the right way.

Richard Berman

Both events went magnificently. They also used temporary tattoos and rubber stamps as new, innovative mediums for advertising the fair to 12 to 24-year-olds.

Scott Smith

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

They're physical. That's a big thing. When you can put those 18-year-olds up against my sophomores, you can have a lot of success.

Andy Hubbard

We're seeing a lot more interest this year.

Matt Sundeen

[Jackson said he receives six to eight solicitations a year.] They said they had buyers who would pay cash, ... It's not for sale.

William Jackson

California has the strength right now in the 3-year-old filly category. There may be one or two good ones back east, but the stronger group is out here.

Jeff Bonde

I was really happy to be given the opportunity of playing Premiership rugby for the Falcons in the first place, but to be given an extension to my contract a year before it ran out was a massive boost.

Andy Perry

This is a logical step and it's a good way to ensure year-round employment. Even before canker came around, going into peaches seemed like a good way to diversify their businesses.

Doug Bournique

The bottom line is we need to get production from everybody. We need to get scoring. When we've been successful this year, we had solid scoring from five, six people. When we only get it from two or three, that's when we run into problems.

Dennis Mackey

This was the best that we've worked the ball as a team all year.

Brad Chasteen

Having lost all of their crops last winter, they have managed this year by selling off their assets to purchase food. They must wait two more months before this year's crops come in, but it will be the hardest two months, here at the end of the farming cycle.

Allison Davis

Millions of live animals come into the country each year, and very few have really good surveillance. Fish and Wildlife checks cargoes to see if they have endangered species, but it's the U.S.D.A. that does health checks, and they don't go unless it's an agricultural product, so the pet trade tends to get a pass.

Peter Daszak

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

Kevin Gustafson

It's funny when you start off, and things are going well, you think they are going to continue every year.

Joe Nash

Is bigger better? ... Bigger is more expensive in many different ways. Do you really want that big dining room for the dinner parties you will have three times a year?

Chris Lynch

This year is a put-up-or-shut-up year.

Peter Pawlak

It was just as tough as last year. We just did a better job of limiting our mental errors. We had a couple late in the game last year, and all week we made a conscious effort to follow the game plan.

Steve Leven

We extended our track record for double-digit earnings growth to a fourth consecutive year even while integrating Bell Atlantic and Nynex following our merger.

Ivan Seidenberg

We certainly expected him to do well with him being a district placer last year. It was an important step in his progression, to be able to work his way through the different levels of competition like he did and to be able to perform as well as he did. It was a good step in the right direction for us as a team and for Antonio individually.

John Riggs

This is my first year being the head coach, and I've been here three years, but that is the first one I've seen hit out at North Thurston High School.

Ben Quiles

We have some really amazing runners - girls who, once they get going, can just blow by people, and that will help us a lot against Ohio State. But we've also been working all year on defense, and we've gotten really good at it. Our goal-line defense was really good all year, better than I've seen it since I've been here.

Phoebe Boone

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Paul Sweeney

We've had trouble giving up the big inning. It's been our undoing all year. We've struggled with consistency, and we've got to learn how to finish. But our kids don't quit. I think that's going to pay dividends by the end of the year.

Jeff Rooklidge

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

We have four weeks left. The two or three months we've been working so far. This is the fun part of the year.

Rocky Shaft

Every year it has doubled. This year we are looking to grow.

Glen Stipes

It was the best year of my life. Everything has to end. I'm just sad it had to end this way.

Alex Kracht

I've experienced several dry years where no-till soybeans substantially out-yielded conventionally planted soybeans. One year in particular was 1991, when no-till soybeans averaged over 40 bushels per acre, and conventional soybeans were about 12 bushels per acre. The difference was in the saved soil moisture.

Chuck Myers

Once you get into year three you get into corrective action.

Gordon Jackson

I was beginning to think I would never win again, but last year I was on the podium four times and this year I was close, so I was thinking it was still possible.

Kalle Palander

The band is going from strength to strength every day. 'Tis a difficult thing to suddenly come forth as a real band if it is forced. As I suppose you must realise, the last year has taken me beyond any emotion or sensation I have ever chanced upon.

Carl Barat

I think if Tony Blair falls in the next year or so, Iraq and his decision to play very close to George Bush will undoubtedly be a crucial factor.

Peter Riddell

I wasn't even born. I was born in 1978. They won in 1977. I missed it by a year. But to be honest, everyone talks about that year.

Kevin Bianco

If you play a lot at the end of the year and you had a couple of days off here and there in the first half, I'm sure it helps you out a little bit, ... But as long as you continue to play every day, you still are going to get tired. This is first time I've had success in the second half. I'm doing more than I figured.

Brian Schneider

We have 4,000 homes with a 10-year build-out coming into the county. We've been able to use the county planner to help us plan for quality development.

Chad Adams

It was a huge success. This year we decided to try something different.

Shirley Johnson

Our plan is to get the job done this year. To leave no doubt on the floor.

Sheryl Krmpotich

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

In 2000 we inverted as much as 47 basis points. Could that happen again? Sure, as it'll take the clear signal of a rate cut before the two-year yield starts moving down.

Michael Cheah

We've got a lot of girls coming back so hopefully we can do well next year. Penn State won the Big Ten championship this year and our goal is to win it next fall. I'm having a lot of fun playing at Madison. So far it's been a great experience.

Audra Jeffers

This is a special thing that we're getting to do despite the storm. Prom is a big thing that everyone talks about always, but I would say more so this year.

Amy Barnes

The Bears could play in this game every year. We have the most hall-of-famers.

Mike Brown

The oil price spike raises the risk that the rate cut may have to be pushed out to the middle of the year.

Robin Clements

All year long I was worried about if we were gonna go out and show our youth. We did that a little bit today at the start, but we showed a lot of maturity to get in that hole and dig ourselves out. I believe we really matured as a team today.

Hutton Jones

The baseball gods are showing me a little bit of everything this year. We just seem to make a mistake at the most inappropriate time.

Willie Randolph

We have our work cut out for us and we challenge every year.

Jim Hamilton

This is a win for the 4-year-olds who require pre-K, the low-wealth counties that need assistance with school construction and the disadvantaged students trying to go to college.

Mike Easley

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

There were a lot of things that were concerning me about this school before this. My son hasn't even had an English teacher all year, and the classes are so out of control.

Angela Williams

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

Bob Uecker

The electric power industry's preoccupation with passing through its biggest single-year fuel increases in history is creating a strong chance that U.S. power markets will not be able to successfully address resource adequacy, resulting in power shortages in some areas of the country within the next five years.

Lawrence Makovich

It was a funny year. I could have made syrup in January.

Thelma Miner

It could happen tomorrow, next year, five years from now. But somewhere there has to be a fall.

Dan Baker

The girls had already been displaced once this year, displacing them now, and possibly again later if the new dorm opened was a bigger concern to us.

Lorry Green

Full year profits will be helped by sustained strong growth in other core sectors like transportation, property development, food & beverage and financial services.

Krishan Balendra

We were in a similar position last year with pretty much the same players, and we stumbled. We're working to correct those mistakes.

Tom Jessee

They agreed the two games this year would not take place. The Principals' Council decided this and we support that decision. Anything we do as a group ultimately goes through them.

Don Buckley

I feel like I face this all year.

Will Sheridan

Should remind people of the role the fire service plays. They are the first responders when something happens. We lost 343 firefighters that day. Annually, we generally lose over 100 per year in the line of duty.

Bill Metcalf

And these are good paying jobs. I know construction managers who make more than $100,000 per year.

Jim Cronley

We'll be good next year, too. We're only losing one girl and we're getting a bunch of good players coming up.

Kayla Gracia

Our biggest chaos is our 2 year old.

Malessa Wing

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

Manny Hermosillo

When you do a year [of service], you get 15 days off. So this is how I'm spending it. It's really good. I'm just soaking it in. I'm just relaxing. I'm just trying to have fun and eat good food.

Jim Diaz

[When Jim Nicholson was ambassador to the Holy See last year, he had a memorable conversation with a Polish archbishop, introduced to him as] Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. ... So what do you do?

Jim Nicholson

He could play up there, and he'll get the chance next year. I knew he had a chance to become a great hitter, and he's made some great strides this year to become a great hitter.

Chris Maloney

I think I made more putts today than I've made all year.

Bob Gilder

We haven't rebounded well, with the exception of the first two games, all year. Guys have to make a conscious effort to get in there and be hungry for the basketball.

Jeff Capel

I think I do a good job of catching the football, and I understand that they struggled with that last year. But I also can do some things after the catch. I like to think that I can take a short pass and turn it into a long gain.

Brent Vinson

This is a typical turnout for an off-year election. But there is a warm, fuzzy feeling about coming out of the polls with the sticker on your lapel and I think a lot of people are going to miss that.

John Tierney

We had probably three charges filed in the year and a half the law was in effect ... That roughly indicates the frequency of these offenses.

Patrick White

We just shocked teams with that this year. They don't know what to expect — they don't know how to attack it.

Dan O'connell

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

Highland's always been the top team. Last year we beat Poky and Century, but we weren't where Highland's usually at. We definitely want to get back up there.

Griffin Mcnabb

It was very volatile in its first year [because] we tried to accommodate everybody's requirements.

Steve Butler

I'm sure [the streak] has been talked about this year and is still being talked about. It's kind of crazy that they could keep it going so long. Even some teams with dynasties don't come close to doing that.

Sean Hill

Normally at this time of the year, we should have about 11.91 inches of rain. So this year we're way below normal, but it rained on the Rose Parade for the first time in 50-some years. And last year, we had record rains, and it didn't rain on the parade. So go figure.

William Patzert

It's easy to get to this level and try to do spectacular things, which we all do, ... It's been a learning experience this year for me. Being back up here, I've been telling myself to trust my hands, stay back and put good swings on good pitches.

Greg Dobbs

I am proud to announce we will be fishing this year for the Make a Wish Foundation. The tournament is set for Saturday, May 13 at Braidwood Lake. We have set a goal of granting two wishes (approximately $5,000 each).

Neal Miller

We were all thinking that 2002 had been a once-in-a-lifetime event, that it would never happen again. So far, this year is worse than 2002.

Tom Pagano

It was the biggest game of the year for us so far.

Jerry Schlabs

We don't have any ready. It's not just something you pack up and go. You have to work on it all year to make sure their feet are in good shape and they have no blemishes.

John V. Lindsay

I have never won a bracket, however I fill one out every year. I always do the bracket contests with friends -- $5 buy-ins, and then there are always a few contests around work that you can get into. The ones at work have the higher buy-ins -- roughly $20.

Bryan Stein

This is great for our team to get that first region win out of the way. These kids have had a down year in football and in basketball so far, but to say they're undefeated so far in region play is something these kids can be proud of.

Todd Mallery

I think it's lost a little luster, because both programs have come so far. It used to be like the biggest game of the year when I was playing. But Xavier has come so far and UC has, it's no longer the biggest game of the year. It's a very important game, but not the biggest. It's really a testament to both programs.

Byron Larkin

I knew that the ball was gone off the bat. We have used O'Keefe as a pinch-hitter a couple of times this year and he has had some success doing that. When he came off the bench, he knew he had to go after it. He took a shot and he came through.

Jim Mccandless

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

It's a terrific way to start a holiday weekend during one of our busiest travel times of the year. We're pleased for our passengers and especially for our friends at Delta.

Richard Ennis

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 have finisher medals this year and a big barbeque at the race finish at the Durango Sports Club.

Matt Kelly

We look for strength. We look for persistence — a woman of the year is someone who believes that women can do whatever they set their mind to, and Mukhtar illustrates those qualities better than anybody. This is a story that's going to shock everyone who hears it.

Cindi Leive

Historically we do not draft safeties high. So many guys that stay that extra year bear out so much better.

Gil Brandt

All of our Web-based usage has been about asynchronous communication. We will move by the end of this year to a concurrent model.

Jeff Papows

It's not very easy paying 55 grand a year for liability and try to keep our office open.

Dr. Juris Macs

We've done home visits on Halloween nights in the past, but this is the first year that we've asked sex offenders on probation to come in to our offices.

Victoria Hochman