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    Choosing to leave Utah Valley State was an extremely difficult decision. Ultimately I had to do what was best for my wife and children. The individuals that I have coached during the past three seasons are very fine young men. Because of their selfless commitment and determination, college wrestling has been restored in the state of Utah.

    This is another talented group of athletes. Not only do the have skills, but they have the work ethic needed to make that transition from high school to college.

    You can practice and get ready for a team like this. They do so much well. You can scout and look at film and talk about it and practice . . . they are a quality basketball team. I think they could beat some college teams.


    I feel bad for him. That's one of the bad parts of our profession. It affects your family. People have no sympathy. You say it's college, it's amateur basketball, but it's not. It's sad. But we chose to be in the profession, so we have no one to blame but ourselves.

    Our guys have to be able to handle that pressure. There are a lot of distractions. There is a lot of tugging and a lot of things you have to deal with that are different from the regular season. I want them to enjoy where they are at because it is the pinnacle of college basketball to get to this point. At the same time, you have to keep the focus there and put yourself in position to play the best basketball.


    He cares deeply about what we're doing, whether or not we're winning and how we're doing it. But he's not a meddler. If we need something, he's the first one there willing to help. But he doesn't meddle. In this era of college athletics, that's refreshing.

    The governor's been very focused on making sure Ohio's high school students have the skills to succeed in the work force or if they choose to move on into college.


    I have a great deal of respect for people who stay in a program without the benefit of a scholarship and go through the grind every day, just hoping for that one time when they are able to put a uniform on and play in the college game. There are a lot of guys around the country who do that, and you have a great deal more respect for those guys than the guys who play on scholarship.


    This is one of the many ways the state is working to ensure our high school graduates can attend college. Dozens of programs in Tennessee offer advanced graphic design training that constitutes what a freshman in college would be learning.




    I'm just really excited to get out on the field and start playing. Playing in my first game at the college level - it's what I've dreamed of ever since I was a kid.

    I've got five ways to pay a bill in my wallet right now. Banks are trying to make everyone happy. You have a generation out there that is starting to retire and they've always used checks. Some people won't give it up. But there are a lot of college students who don't know how to write a check. As you get a new way to access cash and what you need, we provide that, but we don't get rid of anything.

    Al Gore graduates college. His father, a U. S. senator, opposes the Vietnam War. Al Gore has his doubts, but enlists in the Army.





    I'm a basketball coach. I'm going to coach next year. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to do it in college. But if I have to coach sixth-graders, that's what I'll do.

    This is a process, not an event. It's not going to happen over night. It's clear that we as African American men are unique and only we can articulate what it's like to attend a private college. But all of us would also agree that it was worth it, that we are successful today because of it.

    Since becoming AD on Dec. 1, I have talked to countless coaches, commissioners, administrators and other experts around the college basketball world. The one name that constantly came up in these discussions was Mick Cronin.

    I studied English Literature. I wasn't a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the same time with the college film society, was that I started thinking about the narrative freedoms that authors had enjoyed for centuries and it seemed to me that filmmakers should enjoy those freedoms as well.

    He's a grown man. He's much different than being a 20-year-old out of college. He has four children now and his maturity has come a long way. I'm able to communicate with him on a much different level.


    If you can use basic common sense, you're OK. But, when you're a college kid, dying to play in the NFL, and now you have scouts from the Giants, the Seahawks, the Cowboys all waiting on you, and you're trying to figure out how many 25-cent eggs Sally needs to sell to make 15, you're afraid you're going to look stupid.

    It's still the No. 1 seller on college campuses, maybe in the Top 10 in the newsstands, ... Two million copies at the stands alone, another million in subscriptions, a total of 77 million copies worldwide in all our 55 international editions.

    He was a guy that was a very highly touted player out of college. We thought very highly of him when he came out. He went to San Francisco and has had some injuries in the last couple of years.

    I can tell you I go on a lot of college campuses and I see a lot of very handsome-looking cars driven by a whole lot of athletes. I must admit it makes me wonder how are these guys driving these beautiful cars, and I don't know the answer to it.



    Coach Anderson's experience as a college coach and a player in collegiate and professional baseball will make him a great addition to our coaching staff. On the field, he will be working with our catchers while assisting with the hitters in our program. I am looking forward to his contributions to Cavalier Baseball.

    He's got to feel pretty good about himself coming right out of college, pitching in the playoffs and under pressure and everything else. That's a huge step.


    In Is Higher Education for the Negro Hopeless Dunbar responds to an essay in which Charles Dudley Warner, a white writer, contended blacks were better suited for industrial training, not higher learning. Dismissing Warner as one who speaks without authority, ... I believe I know my own people pretty thoroughly. I know them all classes, the high and the low, and have yet to see any young man or young woman who had the spirit of work in them before, driven from labor by a college education.

    Early in the season, there was a lot of separation, because he didn't think defense coming out of junior college. Now he's right with the guy, tracking hard and getting out in him. And our big guys are helping him, and he recovers better than he did.


    If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.

    I thought I might be a sheet metal worker, ... But I also knew the importance of getting an education. And when I got to college, it derailed any notion I had of being in construction. The arts seemed to stimulate me more.


    Even in the face of continued good news, Kerry clings to his message of gloom and doom, supporting it with twisted statistics. Kerry's complaints about a middle class squeeze are out of touch with the reality that home sales hit a record high last month, college tuition increases slowed and consumer confidence is rising.


    They come alone and in clusters. Second-year PGA Tour member Zach Johnson, a native of Iowa, packed up his clubs and moved to the Orlando area with some college buddies in 1999. Six guys, three bedrooms, ... If you want to see how good you can become, you have to go somewhere you can play year-round. We hit balls in a dome in college. That's not the best way to develop your game.

    Of Ashleigh Brilliants work 'Endlessly quotable ... they draw one by the charm of their diversity of texture and taste.' Eric Korn, The (London) Times Literary Supplement 'Outstandingly good. I've been a fan for years.' Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle 'I really like the things Ashleigh Brilliant thinks of. The only time he makes me mad is when he thinks of things before I do.' Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts. 'Wonderfully inspirational and insane messages.' Professor J. Katz, Dept. of Psychology, John Abbott College, Canada.




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