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I think we did pretty well. We simply can't compete with the depth of Alta. What it boils down to is the overall numbers, but for our varsity and as far as qualifying for state, we are right where we want to be.

I think we definitely can compete right away. We do have some strong players and, barring any injuries, I think we have a solid enough group to win a lot of games.

I think that not only will an engineering program be good for Marshall, but Marshall will be good for engineering. With the strong liberal arts programs offered at the University in fields like language and science, I think that our program will produce students ready to compete in a global job market.

I think we've proven over the years we can compete at that level. We know how to be good, it's just a matter of playing with focus.

I think we've got commitments from three solid young men, three solid students and three fine basketball players. Their knowledge of the game, their drive to compete and their willingness to get better has me excited about our program's future.

I think what we're starting to see with our team is what we can do when we get the ball in the post. I thought that was evident today against a really good team. We had good success inside and got a lot of points off a very good defense. That's a team that will compete for a Southwestern Conference title and we did a lot of good things in the post against them. That's really got me excited to watch it continue to come along.

I think that experience will really help. The nice thing about the Drake Relays is you get to go and compete at the state meet venue halfway through the season so it gives you that incentive to get back there (for state). No other high school sport offers that.

I think a lot of players from the USA could come to the premiership. They started there with a blank piece of paper, and have got it right. They have more kids playing Soccer, as they call it over there, than any other sport, but the major league soccer, will find it hard to compete with the likes of American Football, Basketball and Baseball.

I think both of us appreciate more now than we did the first time around the opportunity we have to be a part of this league. To be in my 13th year and still have a chance to go out and compete is certainly something I don't take for granted. I think Bill's kind of in the same boat. He really enjoys being around the players and enjoys the process of getting ready for games. That part has changed a little as well.

I think it was really important for them to compete after six weeks without a race. To have them go out and race and do as well as they did is encouraging.

I think it's terrific. I'm so happy for him that he's worked so hard to get himself back into a condition to play and compete at this level. That, in and of itself, is a testament to the type of guy that he is. So we're ecstatic that's he's participating.

It gave me and the players a chance to see some of the other teams in the district and a lot of good teams in the area. We got to see how we compete with them. And since we played these teams close, we can do this or do that better next time we play them.

It gives each team an opportunity to compete against a team on a high level.

It gives you confidence because you look back at it and realize you played with them and you kept up with them on the ice. These guys are the best, so it makes you feel good to compete with them.

It had a very successful year last year, but it's challenged to compete because of its age.

It has always been a thrill to play near my home, and I deeply regret that I will not have the opportunity to compete at the Nasdaq-100 Open this year. My rehabilitation continues to progress, and I look forward to returning to competition in the very near future.

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I think we can be right in there if we compete to our absolute best. It will be good to see where we can score, and if we need to shift things around.

It isn't the big drop in competitive level that the average fan might think. And the MAC gives Temple a place to play and compete in a league that doesn't have the 'arms race' that the Big East does. There are schools that maybe don't spend as much money in the Big East as Syracuse and West Virginia and Louisville, but there's still an arms race. It's a case of 'West Virginia has this, so everyone else has to have it.

It is not the last opportunity to compete against him. There are the Europeans and then the Olympics. I will have time to beat him.

I think that's how it should be. Other countries might have more surfers to choose from, but talent-wise, we feel like we can compete with the best.

I think that Samantha has been taking it to a higher level all year long. Mentally, she's at a higher level and has developed on the golf course maturity wise to where she knows she doesn't have to be at her best all the time to compete and win. But she certainly goes into each event knowing that she has what it takes and never questions herself.

I think that we definitely try to get those strong teams on the schedule. It's a hard concept. I think sometimes your strength of schedule can help you or hurt you. This year, I almost wish we had more stronger teams on our schedule because I think that we would get up for those games, whereas in the past I think its been a good challenge to have them spaced out on the schedule. So I hope the team is up for it and ready to compete on Sunday.

I think that we can compete next year for the national championship.

I think that all of us are just really so amazed that we're going. It seems the dominating factors are 'Million Dollar Baby' and '(The) Aviator,' and there's some things that our film can't compete with in the marketplace.

It is like looking in a mirror. In my two years here I think this game has turned into a really nice rivalry. If you ask our players and coaches this is a team we like to compete against. I think they are two very similar teams.

It is nice to see us compete like we have. We are starting to come together better as a team instead of folding the tent like we did early in the season.

I think we're looked upon as being on equal footing. The proof is in the pudding. The fact of the matter is you have to go out and compete year in and year out.

I think we're in a position to compete for the league title. This team can hurt you in a lot of ways.

Like most teams, they lose their focus for whatever reason. It's all we've been talking about the last couple days, understanding the mentality you have to play with to compete at this level.

Last year our recruiting class ranked 27th nationally, and this year we looked to continue the tradition. We have a strong group coming in for the 2006 season, and they will have the opportunity to compete and help bolster our lineup.

Laura's a good athlete who's going to compete for a starting job in the back from Day One. She's a tough kid who is capable of making a big impact on our defense.

I went in thinking that I was one of the best players, that I could compete with these guys. In the past, I didn't think I was good enough to do it. I have a greater belief in myself now.

I watched him play four times and he may not be as fast or as effective offensively, but he's still outstanding on defense and he's a great leader. That's why we wanted him to help us compete for a medal.

I want to thank everybody out there who voted for me and who did believe in me. Because I felt all along that I still could compete with the best of them out there.

I will definitely learn something from competing because it's not very often that I get a chance to compete against so many of the world's top players.

I went to hospital for x-rays this morning because I was afraid something was broken but I'm glad it's not. My legs feel very good and I know I can compete as long as my body is in shape. The fact I'm still the race means I can stand the pain.

I think the young ones can see that we can compete with the best in the world.

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I think they are better with one entity rather than two. But it will be tough even with the merged entity to compete with the Federated juggernaut.

It is a surprise to win in the National Games. It's my honor to compete with Olympic champions and world champions. I am so lucky today,

It is a pity for him (Arnold) and also for me, ... It is always great to compete with great rivals.

It is a wonderful competition that was set up to allow smaller countries like ours to compete on the International circuit.

I think there will be some other teams coming here that we can compete really well against. Our goal was to compete in at least four games. We won two, and we got to play those two teams again, so I think we can achieve that goal. And the way the girls are, I'm sure they'll want to go beyond that expectation.

I think sometimes the voters try to compare us with the starting pitchers. We can't compete with their statistics, their innings or their strikeouts. I think if you compare us against each other, I think you'll see we're all pretty equal.

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Jessica has played in one of the toughest girl's basketball conferences and areas in the state of Minnesota. She really understands what it takes to compete at a high level.

Jesse Wood got a win for us. He's been very consistent and he's wrestled very well. And Jason battled to get a win. Overall, we just didn't compete very well. We are better than what we showed tonight.

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Kyle's a big, physical kid who not only has great hands, but outstanding strength which helped him to be a terrific blocker. I'm excited for him because I think Buffalo will be a good fit for him. He not only has the chance to compete in a great conference (Mid-American), but to also be an impact player right from the start.

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I think every single point will be important, ... I think more than anything, I'll just have to be able to compete better. When you're playing Serena Williams, you have to compete better than her. I got a lot of tricks from Serena just watching her. She inspired me so many times. I also got motivated by her in the early part of my career, and even now. I just have to compete better, bottom line.

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Open source is not a threat. Open-source databases have been around for decades. We've had to compete for 25 years. The way we do that is to add real value for customers.

Our kids have to work doubly hard to compete with schools that require their students to take debate as a class.

Our kids have believed all year long we can compete with Wheeler. So, we won't be intimidated. We have the utmost respect for South Cobb, and we know we've got a monumental task ahead of us to go to their place in that atmosphere. But we'll give it our best shot.

Our guys have worked hard this spring and we have had good competition at a lot of positions. I have been pleased with our effort most of the time, yet I know we need to get better in a lot of areas, too. I am looking forward to who comes out ready to play and compete on Saturday, and who plays with toughness and who plays fast.

Our guys are aware that they can still compete for the conference and make the playoffs. This is a new year, and Nicholls State football is up and running. The 85 guys out here are proud to be at Nicholls State, and they're ready to play.

Our kids came to compete today. They all did well, and I can't really single anybody out.

Our kids believe if we hit on all cylinders, we can compete with anyone.

Our kids are young and competitive and they're running against some really talented kids, but anything can happen on any given day. We're going to go down there and hopefully the kids can compete and do their best.

Our goal was to compete with a working robot. We were already victorious when we got there, and we ended up taking it all.

Our goal on the men's side is to be where we were a year ago, if not better, and for Rickey and John to improve their qualifying marks, and for others, like David Rae , to make it onto the national lists. Rickey is going in trying to defend his title. If he is able to do that, it will get us rolling. We also hope to score well in the pole vault because we have four solid athletes in it. David Rae is capable of scoring us some major points in the 3,000. We are a young team, but we have a lot of people capable of doing great things. Hopefully, Big Tens will be an awakening for them to compete at a high level.

Our goal last week was to run as a pack and to gain the confidence that we can compete as a team and be successful. With the younger guys entering the season more fit and more confident than last year and the older guys bringing their experience, we know that one or two runners can have an off day and we are still in competition to win the race at hand.

Our inexperience showed when during uneven bars, our girls realized we were .175 behind Utah and we saw them fall for the second time on beam. We went out and tried not to fall after that. You cannot compete like that and it led to a chain reaction.

Our goal was to try to compete every game and then try to be there at the end of the year. We now have that chance.

Overall, we improved as a football team yesterday. We did more of the things it takes to go in and compete and win a game.

Over the years, to me at least, you can compete at a pretty high level with out big men. But if you don't have a point guard, it's tough.

Panic struck when they scored the first one and then there were six or seven minutes of added time. You have to compete right to the end and we fell asleep on a couple of plays.

Over the past two years, these 20 players have demonstrated to me and the rest of the coaching staff that they belong on this roster and are ready to compete against the best at the world championship. We have a few additions and changes to our team since the qualifying tournament that I believe will provide us with the best chance to advance out of our group and get us towards our ultimate goal of advancing to the final. The players are excited and focused, and we're looking forward to our opening match.

Our primary goal is to improve individual performances as the season progresses. Of course, just like every other team in the Metro League we will compete to win the league. Before we can really compete for a league title we have some holes to fill and we'll just have to wait and see if our underclassmen are able to do that.

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Our players didn't come out and compete at all. It came down to leadership and we didn't show any. It looked like our players were hiding and just gave up. Trust me, we will address this in practice.

Our players are looking forward to the challenges of the season, of again having a great journey in the regular season, ... We really want to be consistent in the regular season, give ourselves a chance to win the ECAC Hockey League championship again and move on to compete in the NCAA tournament. Our goals haven't changed at all from previous seasons.

Our players are eager to compete against someone other than themselves, but sometimes things are out of our control.

Our plan will have to be more aggressive than it was out of court. We will need more cost savings. Work rules will have to be on the table. We have to take this opportunity to create a different and durable cost structure that allows us to compete and succeed in a different revenue environment.

Our pitching has definitely carried us. All three go out and compete and give a chance to win on most nights. For the time, Bryce was out there, he was pretty good.

Our pitching and defense will be very good. I think if we hit the ball we should compete with anybody in the state.

Our team seems like it has more of a camaraderie between us than we have in the past years that I've been here. So I think we're all together as a team and we're looking forward to going down there (Florida). We're not going to look at it as we've got the big dogs of college baseball. We're going to go down there and know we can compete with them.

Our team loves the pressure. Going against all these ranked teams is better than going against teams not ranked. We're ready to compete at any time.

Our team is a family and this team only has one year together. We have to take advantage of everything. To go and not compete ... we owe it to each other to do better than that.

Our schedule is tougher than last year because of the addition of a match against Carmel on April 11, but I would expect the team's dual record to remain above .500 this season. While Cathedral remains a solid favorite to repeat as team champion in the City Tournament, we are optimistic about our chances to finish in one of the top two spots. We should compete for a couple of the individual City championships as well.

Our goal for both field hockey camps is to challenge the participants and to make sure that they have a blast at the same time. We are excited to offer an Elite Week for the first time. It is our aim for this camp is to give the elite field hockey player an opportunity to improve their knowledge and advance their skill while being able to compete against other top field hockey players. We only hire head coaches who have elite level coaching experience and who possess the ability to make each session both challenging and fun.

Our girls really want to get to the finals, because a number of them haven't experienced that yet. Some of them just want to know what it is like, and I think being able to compete at home really gives us an added bonus to accomplish that chance. We are really excited to perform for our home crowd.

Our girls ran well - East Peoria is a good team. But we'll have someone to go after next week. It's always fun to compete against them.

Our girls ran okay today - this was not one of our better races. Aside from that, Heather Mitchell ran really well for us and is improving each and every race. The girls need to compete with some fire, and as a whole that wasn't the case at Nashville.

Our girls played fearless tennis. If we can beat the No. 1 team (in league), then we should be able to compete well in the second go-round with these teams. It certainly is encouraging to us.

Our first goal was to be 1-0. We've never been 1-0 before, so that was an important step. It was a bit of a sloppy win. But it's a win. If anything, we sowed we can compete against a Group IV school.

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Overall, I am pleased with today. We didn't play as well in doubles as we can and that was disappointing. However, we played extremely well in singles. I thought that we played UNC the best that we have played any top-20 team this season, let alone a top-10 team. We matched up well against North Carolina. It was a matter of believing that we can compete with top teams, and I think we proved that to ourselves today.

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Our view on it is simply with what we know of Mattoon. We compete against them in a few sports already. Our boys' soccer teams play. Our baseball teams play. Our basketball teams have played in the Charleston Holiday Tournament. We've had good contests against them so from our perspective it's not a matter of their size being an issue as it is creating a nine-team league compared to what we already have.

Our world is Hindi, Farsi and Chinese. We want our kids to be prepared and to compete globally.

Our women's team is just not where it needs to be to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference. We need to move forward in our women's basketball program. Having said that, we need to make sure our coaches and players understand we are not going to compete at the mid-tier level or below in the OVC.

Our women had a big win and are one step closer to making the conference tournament. I am really proud of these girls. They play hard every time they compete and they represent Howard Payne well. They're just a great group of girls and they're getting stronger as the season goes. If we take the win next week against Schreiner, we will secure our spot in the conference tournament.

Our bid is primarily about legacy and development. Obviously we can't compete with England, India and Australia when it comes to money and ground size, but it would be huge in terms of development of our game.

Our baseball fans are tremendously excited about this event. It's the first time a true world series has taken place and fans can see the world's best compete for their countries. When it comes to national pride everybody likes to bet on the outcome. This event will really go a long way in finally determining who the real power is in baseball.

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