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    My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. Now, we've gotten almost 70 over the last five years.

    We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations, and at the last one in July we had 99. It's amazing. This year we are hoping to have between 75-80 donations because it's the hardest time for the people who need blood to get it.

    Three, four years ago, I could buy as many lots as I wanted for 4,000 a lot. Now I have people laughing at me when I offer them 30,000.

    Today was just one of those days where we didn't play very well. All we can do now is start preparing for our tournament next week.

    We didn't win, but it was a major victory today. I feel we're probably headed in the right direction. We talked about finishing fifth and that was our goal, so we feel good.


    Since I got here, one of our goals has been to reach out to our former players. Having them come back and support our team means a lot to me and our program.

    Teams will always feel some sort of pressure. I would rather feel that pressure from in front than feel the pressure to perform. We like having a target on our backs. That way you choose to prove if you are good enough.

    It was a disappointment not making nationals.

    We started out great today but just couldn't maintain our focus all the way through.

    Host families are pretty common in the sport of golf. They provide a home-cooked meal and a chance to get away from the stress on the course.

    It's never been done. This became bigger than just the players and the coaches. It is the whole sum of everybody that has ever come through this school. This town is a basketball town, that's all we have. It is what we do, and the kids put their whole hearts into playing basketball.

    A few years ago at (The Raven) we hit the ball in places I didn't even know existed.

    We're proud it was one of our stores and one of our customers who won. We have a higher concentration of stores in other areas of the country. And we're happy it was a regular shopper.

    We felt that we'd brought this production to the top of its curve. And when you're at the top of the curve, there's a danger that you'll start sliding down. We didn't want to that to happen, so we're taking a year off to create a new Pageant.

    We have eight players who have all played an important role for us. We aren't afraid to use anyone, and when they are in there they contribute.

    Our customers operate predominantly within the Microsoft environment and it is critical to them and to us that our software solutions are robust and reliable. Having early access to these major new releases, including training and deep technical support ensures we are able to release with absolute confidence to our market, very soon after Microsoft themselves release new product.

    The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

    It puts a lot more pressure on the type of players that we recruit. We have to get players who we feel are committed to get that degree before they leave. But we know that in our sport the trend is two years max before trying it as a professional. It just needs to keep being tweaked every year. The system now is really going to penalize baseball, basketball and football, and that's not fair to those programs.

    I hope it will give us several shots a day. We've never had the whole team play well. We've had one (golfer) play well, but when you have three of your five players in the top 10 then usually you're in contention for the title.


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