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We are learning from our history and are looking it right in the eye and we went after this game. There's no nervousness on our part. We went after the New York Rangers in their own barn and almost pulled it off, i said to them all year defeat is not your undertaker and should be your teacher ... you’re going to see the Washington Capitals back here again. – Barry Trotz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That’s what leaders do, i have a lot of respect for Ovi in that. That’s the mindset you need to have. If you don’t have that, you might as well pack your bags. – Barry Trotz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I kept saying to the guys all year long is that you learn different things from defeat and you learn different things from winning. – Barry Trotz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I practiced 40 minutes and felt pretty exhausted, it didn't make sense for me to keep going because when you feel like this it becomes a risk to play. – Andy Murray	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I haven't seen an athlete as athletic, as big, as fast, as talented as Anthony and if he's going to continue the way he is, developing himself, the future belongs to him. – Audley Harrison	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think Audley was a different animal, he was a lot older than me, he didn't hit and move, he didn't adapt, but he did well, he was an Olympic champion. – Anthony Joshua	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There have been some very tough times but if she wasn't there I wouldn't have made the progress I have. – Mao Asada	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This decision means thousands of retired National Football League players suffering from devastating neurocognitive injuries, and those concerned about their future, will now be forced to wait many months for the immediate care and support they deserve, with over 99 percent participation, it is clear the retired player community overwhelmingly supports this agreement. – Christopher Seeger and Sol Weiss	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I can't believe I drew the 1-2 of all draws, i'm just glad I didn't draw that for Kentucky Derby. – Bob Baffert	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We've got options from out there. It's perfect, i guess( the rail post position) makes it a little tougher for( American American Pharoah), but we're certainly happy with our post position. – Firing Line trainer Simon Callaghan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The course has appreciated a couple more weeks, the course is beautiful and the greens super fast. – Webb Simpson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If British Open was British Open it means I will be 63 years of age in 2021 so British Open looks highly unlikely. – Open Champion	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a guy( Backstrom) who tests positive in the Olympic tournament and somehow when the smoke clears he gets an Olympic medal, i don't get it. – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I would like to voice my disappointment in the Backstrom case, we have an athlete who failed a test and is walking around with a silver medal around his neck, i think we fumbled the ball. – Dick Pound	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I haven't thought about it, but you know, God's plan is higher than our plan. His thought is higher than our thought, so who can say? – The Sarangani congressman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He would have a real uphill battle. – Robert Corn-Revere	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's pretty unlikely they would say, 'Well, there wasn't any justification to impose any discipline, it's more likely the suspension would be cut to a game or two. – Matthew Mitten	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It wasn't that he failed to appear or speak to the NFL, it was that he refused to give up phone records that were personal to him, i think that may be an overstep. There's a real possibility that this penalty will be reduced. – Robert Boland	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The NFL has typically won most of the appeals, but they're on a bit of a losing streak lately. – Robert Boland	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We've got to go there, be hungry, in this situation, you can't give teams confidence, you can't give them life. We know they're going to come out ready in Game Five. We've got to stay the hungrier team. – Chris Paul	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When you play a team like the Spurs in the first round and come out like that, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment, winning two games at their place, it just gives you confidence as a team, but the whole season has led to this point. – Blake Griffin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You saw the emotion crossing the line, I was stoked to keep the jersey in the team, to be able to take the jersey and keep it for Orica for another day. – Simon Clarke	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The next game will be a dangerous game for us and we need to be sure there isn't a let-down, it's going to come down to execution and having intensity to start the game is going to be big for us. – Jason Spezza	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am extremely grateful to the University of Maryland and Coach Turgeon for this opportunity to further my education and continue to play the game I love, i ’m looking forward to starting this next chapter at Maryland. – Rasheed Sulaimon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

We are learning from our history and are looking it right in the eye and we went after this game. There's no nervousness on our part. We went after the New York Rangers in their own barn and almost pulled it off, i said to them all year defeat is not your undertaker and should be your teacher ... you’re going to see the Washington Capitals back here again.

– Barry Trotz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That’s what leaders do, i have a lot of respect for Ovi in that. That’s the mindset you need to have. If you don’t have that, you might as well pack your bags.

– Barry Trotz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I kept saying to the guys all year long is that you learn different things from defeat and you learn different things from winning.

– Barry Trotz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I practiced 40 minutes and felt pretty exhausted, it didn't make sense for me to keep going because when you feel like this it becomes a risk to play.

– Andy Murray

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I haven't seen an athlete as athletic, as big, as fast, as talented as Anthony and if he's going to continue the way he is, developing himself, the future belongs to him.

– Audley Harrison

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think Audley was a different animal, he was a lot older than me, he didn't hit and move, he didn't adapt, but he did well, he was an Olympic champion.

– Anthony Joshua

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There have been some very tough times but if she wasn't there I wouldn't have made the progress I have.

– Mao Asada

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This decision means thousands of retired National Football League players suffering from devastating neurocognitive injuries, and those concerned about their future, will now be forced to wait many months for the immediate care and support they deserve, with over 99 percent participation, it is clear the retired player community overwhelmingly supports this agreement.

– Christopher Seeger and Sol Weiss

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I can't believe I drew the 1-2 of all draws, i'm just glad I didn't draw that for Kentucky Derby.

– Bob Baffert

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We've got options from out there. It's perfect, i guess( the rail post position) makes it a little tougher for( American American Pharoah), but we're certainly happy with our post position.

– Firing Line trainer Simon Callaghan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The course has appreciated a couple more weeks, the course is beautiful and the greens super fast.

– Webb Simpson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If British Open was British Open it means I will be 63 years of age in 2021 so British Open looks highly unlikely.

– Open Champion

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a guy( Backstrom) who tests positive in the Olympic tournament and somehow when the smoke clears he gets an Olympic medal, i don't get it.

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I would like to voice my disappointment in the Backstrom case, we have an athlete who failed a test and is walking around with a silver medal around his neck, i think we fumbled the ball.

– Dick Pound

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I haven't thought about it, but you know, God's plan is higher than our plan. His thought is higher than our thought, so who can say?

– The Sarangani congressman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He would have a real uphill battle.

– Robert Corn-Revere

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's pretty unlikely they would say, 'Well, there wasn't any justification to impose any discipline, it's more likely the suspension would be cut to a game or two.

– Matthew Mitten

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It wasn't that he failed to appear or speak to the NFL, it was that he refused to give up phone records that were personal to him, i think that may be an overstep. There's a real possibility that this penalty will be reduced.

– Robert Boland

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The NFL has typically won most of the appeals, but they're on a bit of a losing streak lately.

– Robert Boland

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We've got to go there, be hungry, in this situation, you can't give teams confidence, you can't give them life. We know they're going to come out ready in Game Five. We've got to stay the hungrier team.

– Chris Paul

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When you play a team like the Spurs in the first round and come out like that, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment, winning two games at their place, it just gives you confidence as a team, but the whole season has led to this point.

– Blake Griffin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You saw the emotion crossing the line, I was stoked to keep the jersey in the team, to be able to take the jersey and keep it for Orica for another day.

– Simon Clarke

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The next game will be a dangerous game for us and we need to be sure there isn't a let-down, it's going to come down to execution and having intensity to start the game is going to be big for us.

– Jason Spezza

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am extremely grateful to the University of Maryland and Coach Turgeon for this opportunity to further my education and continue to play the game I love, i ’m looking forward to starting this next chapter at Maryland.

– Rasheed Sulaimon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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