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She's only the second person to score 100 goals, and we have had a lot of great players here. And, the thing is, she's done it against good players. She's done it against quality competition, and people notice that.
Trust me, it's not the ultimate goal.
My goal is to connect - that's the whole idea.
He's hugely disappointed - anyone would be because when he came off (on Saturday), he would have been happy to stay on. It was me who withdrew him after he scored the goal, he really would have liked to stay on because he felt so full of running with no pain whatsoever.
It's kind of deflating when you've worked so hard all season for it to come down to one game. Then you have to play again. It can be a drag in some of these tournaments when you don't see the potential gains, especially for the seniors. It's hard to play when you know the goal you've set for yourself is unachievable, so it's amazing we played so well.
One of our goals is to get a bye in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
This is awesome. It's what you dream of -- maybe dream of just getting on the field for a few minutes or maybe scoring a goal. But three ...
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Even when they scored those two goals, we had it under control.
The team played very well and I was delighted to help out with three goals.
The others I worked for already had medals. Melissa and Denis were so excited to be going and to be a part of this. The goal is to medal, but I think the experience is what they'll really benefit from.
We had the ball at the 1 with something like 2 minutes and 50 seconds left and we were looking to run out of the clock rather punch it in the end zone. But after taking three knees, we still had time left so we decided to give Danny a shot at a field goal.
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We got out to kind of a slow start today, but once we got going we put a lot of pressure on them and wore them down, resulting in two good goals.
With such a young team, that really wasn't even a goal of ours at the beginning of the season, but at this point, I think we're definitely in contention to win another subsection title. We're peaking at the right time.
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Part of it is, you look at who's playing goal now. I think their problems have stemmed . . . Theodore's had a tough time. Everybody realizes he is a heck of a goalie, but he has struggled. It starts there. If you're not getting key saves or if you're not just getting the saves that allow you to win hockey games, it makes it tough on the team.
We are very optimistic about this season. We have a lot of seniors back and we are very athletic and quick this year. We have a tough schedule and will be tested early on, but we could compete for a district championship and make a run at state. That's our goal.
I feel that the goals we gave up this weekend were preventable. But, overall, I think we learned a lot this weekend.
I don't think anyone enjoys giving up short-handed goals. We kept our composure and didn't let it get to us. The guys kept it going, we didn't panic.
Keeping pesticides out of streams is the ultimate goal. Farmers who have some of the old stuff -- because they bought a farm and it's not labeled -- this gave them an avenue to get rid of it.
Our goal is to recruit ideally 7,500 people or more to log their steps for 12 weeks.
Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.
We said if we got the ball to the 22 or 23 we had the opportunity for a field goal. We thought we would put it on Phil because he's been consistent for us all year. The problem was we got the penalty and that hurt us.
The goal of reducing Middle East imports is a meaningless goal.
It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.
The goal is to give people as few red lights as possible. Usually that would be one or two, as you're getting to the pattern, it should move you through, you might stop once and then it'll move you right out of the pattern.
It is difficult for us to convince people that yes, this is possible. I have to make the assumption that we are not going to make those goals.
Field goals are the second-best thing you can get. The first thing you want are touchdowns, but you don't turn your back on field goals, because they are points. But we just have to have better balance.
I think we just have to keep our heads on straight and keep our eyes on the goal. We just have to understand that even though there's a lot of us out there that are still young, we can still do it. We just have to trust in our ability.
I think we need to move forward with all the lakes in the county. That was our goal. Once we get all of those done, by then it will be probably time to go through and pick up ones where we didn't get the full 1,000 feet.
We came in here tonight with a goal, and that was to play Irish basketball. We knew it was going to be a challenge, but these kids came out and laid it all out on the line. We as a coaching staff are very proud of their effort.
I had a bunch of tired girls tonight, and I challenged them in the locker room to step up, play through this and play tired. Our goal was to be 5-0 at this point, and they could have gone out there tonight and been 5-0 or been 4-1. If they wanted to come out and play lazy and slow and not want to be there then that is what they were going to get.
I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure. All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line.
Our goal is to make the state tournament.
I want to eventually attend college and study sports medicine, but first I'm going to take a year off and just concentrate on skiing. My goal is to become a member of the U.S. Ski Team and it'll be nice to not have to worry about school for awhile.
It is not a fact that people must get hospital-acquired infections. The goal ought to be the prevention of every single hospital-acquired infection.
There is no doubt that celebrities add excitement and fun, but in the end the commercial has to tie into our brand. The goal is to make sure people are talking about our commercial the day after Super Bowl and the weeks following the game.
I think you can tell the team has come a long way since that first game (in Maui, 61-48 loss to Arizona). Our goal is to get better every day. The last two weeks have been really big for us. We've had a good, re-energizing break and are ready to start up again strong.
It's nice to see some funny goals. That's what happens when you shoot the puck.
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I think that right now it's good to take baby steps. Obviously, the goal at hand is to win the division.
We've started a lot of games well, but then we start forcing things if it doesn't go our way, if we don't get rewarded. Today we scored the early goal, but when we missed the penalty kick we got a little bit rattled.
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I think I was very average on a lot of their goals. If I play to my capability, we win that game 3-1. I don't think they were doing anything special. ... If we're going to win this thing, I have to make those saves on the bad bounces, but thank God it's a series and it's not college where it's one game and out. We can still get the split.
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Mark played very, very well. He came in and got his goal. I was very pleased for him. He was here last year and played towards the end of the year. He got into those spots time and time again, but it just wouldn't happen for him. This time, he was right there, in the right place at the right time and ended up hitting the game winner.
I'm really happy, I'm really enjoying it, ... The year wasn't so good so here I have a goal. I want to win.
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