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I was joking with Chris and Brian up there, how all three of us were just glad this thing was coming to an end after all the hype in the last three months. Now they're both competing for a national championship tomorrow (today).

James and Brian have been around for a long time, and I'm looking forward to seeing what Bernard's going to do. It shouldn't be that big of a change.

Just one change in the backs with Brian Lima coming in,

I talked to Brian about three weeks ago to see how he was doing. I know he was under a little bit of heat. Of course, I know what that is like, so I figured I'd see how he was doing, since normally, five or six times a year, he calls me to see how I'm doing when I'm under heat.

I think it needs to go ahead. It needs to give Brian a fair trial and a chance to clear his name.

It all starts on the mound and Dalton came out and gave us a great effort today and we were fortunate to win that one. And I thought Brian came in and was rocky at times, but got us deep into the ball game and gave us a chance to win.

It certainly is something that I think over time the 23 players involved will come to savor and appreciate more than in the present, ... We're in an incredible divisional and conference race and they are ecstatic that they are able to help Brian make this long-standing mark. But they are more satisfied that they are out playing consistently strong defensive hockey.

I think, that happens a lot in our game. Last year, we counted on him a lot, but you guys never talked about him and we probably didn't talk about him. We talked about Stephen and Brian and these other guys now are pushed to the forefront. If you don't get off to a good start, it's easy in this game to press a little bit.

I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when he hit two batters right away, but he battled through adversity and came right back and got out of that inning. He threw the ball well. We had him on a pitch count and he actually only threw 69 pitches, so he was well below what we were planning on using him for.

I thought Brian played a good game, but it was same old thing: He just can't stay out of foul trouble. When he came out of the game, we stopped attacking the basket.

I thought Brian did an extremely good job on the mound and kept his composure all day long. We made some good defensive plays behind him.

I was concerned when I found out his parents had both gone to Central Michigan and his high school coach had graduated from Central. I knew Central was recruiting him and became very concerned. Brian let me know early on that he was very interested in Western, and he was true to his word. That put my mind at ease that he was going to look at things openly.

I thought we got emotionally drained. I looked up at Brian (Beckwith) in Game 3, and he looked really drawn. Usually, he's aggressive out there. We fought through that.

I think we have a very good chance for success in the team competition. I thought that was going to be our strong part. Brady and Brian really impressed me and themselves with how well they are doing in the individual portion.

I think we're very solid there. The only concern is we've got a lot of respect for Brian Lapham, a First Team All-Ivy player a year ago, and he's our best tackle.

I think Brian would be an excellent choice.

I think Brian will want to know if we'll have a chance to win. He'll want to know how we're going to strengthen this club and get it back to the postseason.

I think Brian learned a valuable lesson last week. He was frustrated and I told him, 'They're going to make us beat them by throwing the football, so you need to take that as a compliment.' That doesn't mean you surrender. You keep playing because it's going to be a game where you earn every one of your yards. Games like this are games of persistence, games of trusting yourself, and knowing it's not going to look pretty all the time, but you have to keep banging away.

I think Brian is on his way, I really do,

I think Brian has plenty of gas left in the tank. You can't look at a guy's age but what he does on the ice. Chris Chelios is 43, but he's still a good player.

I think Brian had a great year, especially down the stretch. He was a terrific leader and a great contributor. He certainly will be missed.

I think Brian did a great job. A big part of us winning like we did was because they were sidetracked with still thinking about that hit. If we can use that to our advantage, we will.

I was working with Brian throughout the race. His car was probably the only one that was really loose out there. That thing was dead sideways at times. Once I got to his outside, I saw the outside lane coming. I moved up to block it and got ahead of him right when the caution came out.

It is an intriguing race. I wouldn't swap my horses but Miss Finland is the pick of mine and I think Brian Mayfield-Smith's horse is the hardest to beat.

I think there is a menu of things he does very well and I think there are things that he is coming along at. Really, it's an evolution with those guys. Brian Westbrook we had a small package for when he was a rookie. So, it's moving along and he is doing all right.

I think either way --if he got drafted or he didn't -- it's good for our program. It's great for this year and I'm excited to have him back. I think the world of Brian and whatever happens for him, it's hard work that's made him the player he is.

I suppose I could get disenchanted with Brian with poor results. In this game, people have to stand on their record. He knows that. That's the way it is in baseball. But I expect Brian always to do well. He's smart, he's creative, he works hard and he's got a good team of people around him.

I remember when The Fast and the Furious came out. My girlfriends and I waited in line way before the movie started just to get a ticket. It was definitely worth it back then and the name Brian O'Connor was all we could think about.

Our issue isn't to get 20 year-olds to watch Brian (Williams), but to get 40 year-olds to watch Brian and to get 35 year-olds to think about (watching Brian),

Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was dominant last season, that had 10 wins, they you can say, 'Hey give this guy the ball and he'll go out there and give us a win.' We don't have Brian Baker anymore. We've got some guys that are talented and we'll probably have to use more guys and develop some roles.

Our son is not a danger to anyone. He was dabbling into something he shouldn't have been ... but all the things Brian has, he has because he was preparing to become a good soldier.

Our success this year will depend on how well our pitching comes around. Brian had good success as a freshman, so we expect that to continue and improve. I've seen some real good things from Ryan and Rhett as well.

Our family, we believe in discipline. You've got to have it, ... Brian and Margo run a tight ship. Sure, the kids get away with things. But they do good.

Other teams are so geared to stopping him, that it's tough to get it in to him at times, but we're hoping Brian has a breakout game or two on offense.

Right now the charges that have been brought against Brian are not reflective of his culpability.

People must remember that Brian Leetch was only here for about 20 games,

Steve and Brian had very different management styles. After lengthy discussions, they agreed to part ways.

Some of them would just hang up. They'd be like, 'Is this Brian Dawkins?' I'd say yes and they would hang up. Others would be loud and I would have to take the phone away from my ear and they'd donate. A lot of time they would ask for different people - 'Could you pass the phone to John Elway?' It was a fun atmosphere.

My name is Brian Green by birth. Austin was made up by my parents when I was nine, because there was another Brian Green in the Screen Actors Guild.

L.J. continues to improve and play at a high level. He is doing some good things out there. T.O. likewise is playing some good football. They came out and had a plan for Brian and were going to double him as much as they could. He got himself free and made some big plays.

Look at the Broncos. . . . They haven't won a playoff game since John Elway retired, whether it's Brian Griese or Jake Plummer,

Matt and Brian are going to make our team a lot better,

Like they've been all year long, they're very consistent throwing strikes. Brian threw well. We've probably misused Eddie to where we bring him in in relief. Eddie has done a great job for us. He has a good mix of speed. I was very pleased with those two guys.

I was used to the pace. I'm used to working fast, thinking things through. Brian and I were together 11 years. It seemed like one long season. We were always retooling and rebuilding and reloading. One of the greatest things we accomplished was playing only 14 games in 9 years where we were out of the race.

I was having trouble with my jump serve, so I went back to the float serve I learned from Brian (Beckwith). It seemed to work for me. I like to call it the 'Hissing Cockroach,' courtesy of Brian Beckwith.

I think right now it would probably be the smart thing to do, ... But again we don't know a thing for sure. I'm sure Brian is not going to do anything this week.

I think he's always had to do that. He not afraid of that. Besides, Brian really likes it there.

I thought it was very significant for us as a team to know we have answers outside of handing the ball to Brian Calhoun 40 times.

That was the right call. Brian did what you want to do, which is break up a double play. But you have to be able to touch home plate.

That was a lack of understanding between Brian Priske and the linesman,

That was a great catch, ... He's going to be a good player and is another freshman who we have to try and get on the field. We have some true freshmen like Wheeler, Harrison, Jackson, Brown, and maybe even Chad Beverage and Brian White who can help us this year. We have more true freshman ready to go than I ever remember, and that's a sign of good recruiting.

That's been Brian since he's been here. All of the effort areas are always there, regardless of his scoring.

That's a vintage Brian Gass performance. We've been waiting for that. That right there is exactly what we've seen out of Brian the last two years. We've been waiting on it and Brian has been working at it.

I wasn't surprised by Brian at all today. I could see it in his eyes last week that he was up for this game. I have the advantage of seeing him every day at training but I knew something special was coming. There is still some improvement to come, as a player and a captain, but he is well on course after his injury.

I wasn't very confident that we could play with Herkimer without Brian Radley but we showed that we could.

I would like to see Brian become consistent and show that he's matured enough to make good decisions. He doesn't have to go out and win games, he just can't lose them.

I would like to see Brian Ashton at Bath for several more years.

Most guys give up after one quarter against me. He tried hard the whole game. That's the best challenge I've had all year. Brian never backed down.

Weird offers since '90210?' Well, they keep offering me 'The Surreal Life.' But don't worry, I won't do it. If it's keeping you from sleeping, just don't fret that Brian Austin Green will be on 'The Surreal Life' anytime soon.

You just keep working hard, knowing that you can't give up. Things are going to happen. Unfortunately, you can't control some of those things, like Brian getting hurt, so you just keep moving on.

Where we lack (Olympic) experience, we'll make up for it in support. I've talked to Brian Orser, Elvis Stojko and Kurt Browning for my preparation.

We really appreciated Brian Tuttle making this car available to us this weekend. But this had been a difficult weekend, and I am very much looking forward to racing with a Lexus in Miami.

We got Brian Tiskay playing with us; he's Billy Idol's drummer, ... We're rehearsing right now so he can learn the songs. He's doing at least seven gigs with us.

Well I used to hang out with Brian at the Speakeasy and he used to take me home in his Rolls and drop me off at my '6 a week flat.

We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall.

We have a legitimate shot. We have a shot because of the depth people like Brian and Jamaal give us.

We've got plans to try and get him out and luckily to this stage it has worked. We feel pretty good about things at the moment. Obviously getting Brian and Chris Gayle (for 68), who are two huge players for them, helps us immensely.

We're working Brian quite a bit at center right now and I'd say there's a good possibility he could open the season there.

We need to keep Brian active and we will look to give him a good work-out in Dublin,

We have talked. We are going to have dinner in mid week. Wednesday night, I am taking Brian to the best sushi restaurant in Palm Springs.

We were happy we could build something for Brian that would allow him to pursue something he wouldn't have been able to do otherwise.

When I saw Brian had become so successful, it was quite shocking.

When I first began talking to her she said Brian was her daddy, and after she said that she said, 'Daddy killed Mommy,'

What you will hear in his words is that Brian was not only the musician who was most influential in driving The Beatles in a more artistic and advanced direction musically, but that the 'Sgt. Pepper' album in particular was a direct outgrowth of Brian's productions of 'Pet Sounds' and 'Good Vibrations,'

We are not going to face a guard as good as Brian Morris. He had 34 points the first game, we wanted to pressure all over.

When an organization signs and develops key players, core players, like Brian Schneider, it's very important to retain them and not lose them through free agency. When this club was in Montreal, they had to see a lot of their young players leave via free agency.

Tommy still wants to come to Tamworth and hopefully he can persuade Brian to let him go.

Walters plays catch and carry, he's the playmaker, and Brian is a swashbuckler. They are a nice complement to each other,

Wal-Mart is coming to Jefferson, ... Don't let anybody kid you. I am guessing right now that if the (Wal-Mart) people in Bentonville (Ark.) don't already know the election results, they will know first thing in the morning and they will trot out the old annexation paperwork faster than Brian Calhoun can get a first down.

We definitely feel like we let Brian and Scott down. We weren't sharp. The puck was bouncing. We were losing control. We weren't executing like we usually do.

We definitely saw glimpses of the Brian that we knew before. I don't think he had a bunch of Grade A scoring chances against, but when he had to see the puck and control it, he did a nice job.

We definitely saw glimpses of Brian like we did before.

We'll see how it goes. Brian is our primary running back, but we will utilize (Gordon's) talents as we go. We'll give Lamar a chance to get acclimated, and we'll see how he progresses.

Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant musicians over the years is my legacy, and something of which I am very proud and protective.

When the organization signs core players like Brian Schneider, I think it's very important to retain them and not lose them through free agency. To be able to come into Washington and to be able to have the revenue to do some of the things we were not able to do when they were the Montreal Expos is very positive for the franchise.

Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class.

We can't play like (we did), especially when you're losing a guy like Brian who brings so much to the table. You really have to scrap and claw for everything. Everybody had to step up and play a whole different level of energy, and we just didn't have it.

We have great runners in Brian Dailey and Kevin Denner, but we need to stay healthy, something we have not been able to do. They've been working very hard.

We have got to start finding a third or fourth scorer. ... I told the guys before the game tonight (with Brian Radley out) that two people were going to have to step up, see if they're going to be the man or not.

We did a rating system all year and these guys deserved to be here. It wasn't that Brian was a bad player or anything than that it was just that these guys performed better and these guys were a better fit for what we were looking for.

When Brian went by me, I thought it was some guy who ran onto the course.

When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course.

When Brian threw that home run, boy it changed the whole game. That home run was pretty much the adrenaline boost I need to get through the game.

When Brian and I came back together this time, we found that we'd gone through very similar psychological states during the course of the '80s.

When I signed Heider I had no intention of playing him and Brian together because they are very alike. It was going to be one or the other.

We knew their primary defense was 1-3-1 so we expected that, worked on that all week. Our goal is to move the ball like that. Everybody contributed. Brian (Hudspeth) got hot, and we hit a ton of 3s.

This year they assigned wrestling officials - which they hadn't really done before. I went to the head official and asked to be placed with Brian sometime during the tournament. He granted Rich's wish. Brian's a young kid who's done a tremendous job and I enjoyed working with him.

There are a lot of ways in which Brian and I have nothing in common. I remember saying to Brian - it broke his heart but it was true - this is the one-year point where if you were my boyfriend I would break up with you, but this is a band.

Both sides wanted to make a deal and ultimately we were able to agree on the numbers. There was never any real problem. Brian and I have a long history of making deals. In my mind, I had no doubt at the end we would.

We had a screen and roll situation with me and Brian Cook and we just did not execute it right.