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I left as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at (Robert E.) Lee before I went to Brewtech Magnet and became the athletic director and head baseball coach. I have also been at Lanier High as the offensive coordinator and spent a couple of years as the head coach at Georgia Washington Jr. High, in Montgomery.

I imagine a Georgia that gives children the educational opportunity to climb as far and high as their God-given talents allow.

I hope you all agree that we're moving in the right direction to protect Georgia as a great place. But we also need to protect Georgia as a people.

I'm actually from Mt. Kisco, New York, which is in Westchester County, and when I auditioned for 'Dukes,' I told them I was from Snailville, Georgia, which doesn't exist, and I'd just graduated first in my class from the Georgia School of High Performance Driving, which also doesn't exist. But they bought it.

In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a jump shot in the championship game that went off the backboard, and they won. People are forgetting that Michael was just one of the players when they went to the Dream Team.

I'm not a candidate. That's message-board stuff. They've got me going everywhere this year. I'm a Georgia Tech guy.

I mean my mother migrated from Georgia -Rome, Georgia, to Washington, D.C., where she then met my father, who was a Tuskegee Airman who was from Southern Virginia. They migrated to Washington and I wouldn't even exist if it were not for that migration. And I brought her back to Georgia, both my parents, actually.

I like Texas, LSU, Georgia and Miami. I would say I like Texas the most. I plan to go to some camps this summer and check out some schools.

I'm pleased and appreciative of the administration extending the contract. It says that the university wants us to be at Georgia and this is certainly where my family wants to be.

I'm pretty much the only Georgia guy left out there as of right now, so it's going to be pretty cool to try to run well for the hometown fans,

I'm very happy to see the campus and everybody in the Georgia Tech community come together to make this a priority. People have put off agenda items and Labor Day plans to service those in need.

I'm up there on the sacrifice scale. School-wise, atmosphere-wise, family-wise, I'm happy. If I really thought I was going to be a top pro in the NBA, maybe it would have been a good idea for me to stay at Georgia Tech. I can't get down on myself. I have to keep playing hard.

I'm tired of talking about what might have been. We've got to seize those moments or potential moments and play as well as we can. If we play as well as we can and Georgia still beats us, you can live with that. When you drop balls and don't do the things you're capable of doing, that's what is frustrating.

I'm taking a pretty big crew of ladies; we've got some pretty tough competition down there in Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, South Carolina and Georgia Tech. It will be highly competitive for our kids, so I'm anxious and looking forward to it.

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

I'm hoping Georgia will be able to stop them or do whatever it takes to win.

I lived in Atlanta for a couple of years while getting my masters at Georgia State. I thought I hated it at the time, but I've been back a couple of times since, and there's no place I've lived to which returning is so much like visiting a place I only remember from my dreams.

If we beat Georgia Saturday, trust me, the headline Sunday is: 'Can you beat two BCS teams back to back?' ... No matter what happens, two minutes after Georgia, I'm going to say, 'Guys we got Oregon State. You better flush it.'

I'll give Georgia Tech all the credit in the world, but we had a chance to win at the end.

I'll definitely be ready for next week, ... I'm about to go get some rehab right now, get my knee back as strong as it was before. And I'll definitely be ready for the Georgia game.

In this game you really can't look past anyone and take them lightly. Otherwise it can sneak up and bite you. We can't look past this weekend and ahead next weekend to Georgia Tech. We really just have to take it one game at a time and just look forward to coming out Friday with a lot of enthusiasm and be ready to play.

I hope people look at Georgia and say they have the guy who can lead them there, ... I hope when they speak about quarterbacks in this league and around the country, they mention me.

I have truly enjoyed my college experience at the University of Georgia and with the Georgia football program and wanted to fulfill a promise made to my parents that I would obtain my college degree. However, given the economic realities of having to care for my siblings, I was left with no alternative.

I really like the direction of the Georgia program and I like Coach Dennis Felton a lot, too.

In the past, Peach County sent kids to Florida, they sent kids all over. There have been kids come out of Middle Georgia and go to Nebraska and Michigan and Middle Tennessee. I just think more of them are going to Georgia now.

If you think that a coup to overthrow the elected government is a coup everywhere, then you should remember how elections in Ukraine took place in 2004, how elections in Georgia took place in 2003, when the elections results have been torn and thrown away by revolutionary action.

In addition, I am instructing my attorney to continue to defend me in court on the merits of the case and to only use strategies that are available to any Georgia citizen. I do not want to be treated differently because of my status as a state legislator.

I guess now that Georgia State has left the Atlantic Sun and moved to the Colonial (Athletic Association) and we're now in the Atlantic Sun, I can see it growing into a rivalry.

I realized that I'm not special anymore. I'm just a number. That was hard. I was used to being in this school of 200, and then I go to Georgia where there are about 1,500 students.

Clearly, the extreme events that we're now experiencing in California and Florida, and in Georgia and Alabama, and the ice storms in Maine and New Hampshire, are going to have an impact on our understanding that our climate system is becoming unstable.

Clearly, effort. That's all it is. Against Georgia Tech, there were some things that we could do better. Execution, defense -- that's one thing. But what happened against N.C. State was lack of effort.

Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb. She was still a teenager when she married Frank Hodgson, a gentleman caller nearly twice her age.

Closing that office was a mistake. A lot of Georgia companies are looking to invest in China, and there are a growing number of Chinese companies looking to invest in the U.S. It's important to get an office there to capture that.

By the way -- this is the most we've paid for gas on this trip, ... We were told that Georgia was the most expensive and it turned out to be the least expensive.

But I think it's more of a question of who you're playing. We've played some pretty good teams, and Georgia is another one. We can play well and not win. But we just want to play well and hope they make a few mistakes.

Before the Georgia series (in early April) Bryan Ball was our No. 1. That's where Horne got hot and that's when we had to shut Ball down.

I don't know if have played a team this year that was harder to play than Georgia was in every area of the game.

I don't know how those people come up with that and I don't want to know. Georgia should be the favorites. They are a very good football team. We are playing them in their home state.

Chase is the Georgia State Player of the Year and a high school school All-American. He's a forward that has set several scoring records. What I like about Chase is his all-around athletic ability, toughness and goal scoring capability.

He stuck by me and gave me the opportunity to play other positions, ... And I stuck with Georgia Tech.

Gas prices are killing our Georgia families, ... We will quickly go about the business of the people and ratify what the governor has put in place.

Georgia will find very little sympathy in coastal South Carolina for the costs it must incur to correct its reliance on an unsustainable resource.

Georgia was fighting for their lives. They wanted to get to the NIT. I think a .500 record is enough (for that), but they may feel they need a few more wins.

Georgia was blessed with strong leaders who avoided the kind of divisive distractions that held back most other cities and states in the South.

Georgia was a great race last year and very tough in terms of its route, ... I hope to defend there, although I think it will be tougher this year.

Georgia today is a nation undergoing a profound transformation. It is a transformation that requires us to first acknowledge who we are - in order to be sure of what it is we want to build. It is a transformation that requires us to frankly assess our strengths and weaknesses, and to confront sometimes painful realities. And it is a transformation that is producing results.

Georgia Tech is playing great basketball right now. They, on the road, are going to be a real difficult match up for us. They've got great size and really do a good job on the defensive end of the floor. They are the number one rebounding team in our conference. We're just going to have to have a great rebounding effort against them and go in with the mindset that we're going to attack on the offensive end.

Georgia Tech is a very good football team as well, ... We do have a chance to win, and we are going down there with the intentions of winning the football game.

Georgia Tech is a top 10 defense and didn't show up. We've got to come ready to play. We're not going to overlook Wisconsin.

Georgia Tech can win nine or 10 games. They will never do that consistently. That's my feeling ... because of the type of program this is.

Georgia swings the bat aggressively. When she was getting ground balls we weren't making the plays. She did her best. Anyone in her situation would be tired (at the end).

Georgia's our home, period. That's just the way it is. I've said it since the day I got here, unless Georgia wants us to leave, this is where we're going to be.

Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, Tyson, Koch Foods - it all came together and everyone did their part and more to get the city going. The city never shut down,

Georgia plays hard and has a lot of perimeter depth. They have a lot of big bodies on the inside, and they've been in most games everywhere they've played.

Georgia played real well for the first 25 minutes but the two quick goals made the difference for us,

Georgia pitched very well the last two days. They're what you call a dangerous' team. If they stay healthy, they'll be a big factor.

Georgia law requires that a person arrested without a warrant can be charged at least within 48 hours. So we're still within our time frame.

Georgia is the leading team in the SEC, in conference play, in steals. We have to be smart. We need to rebound the ball, get a good running game going and get stops on defense.

Georgia is the front runner, and we think we're in like the second place. Our sources in Korea - and not the media - tell us an announcement could come as soon as next week.

Georgia is probably the most improved team in the league. Dennis (Felton) has done a nice job of bringing the program along. It will be a difficult challenge to get a game back on the road.

Georgia is pretty darn athletic. Their guards are terrific. When both teams are fresh, you have to give the advantage to Georgia. ... They were much quicker, much more athletic.

Georgia is one of the benchmark programs in the country. We've made great strides in improving our schedule and adding a home-and-home series with a Georgia will only help improve the quality.

Georgia is doing a great job of opening up its economy and its government and its future to integrating with Europe and more intense democratic standards. We want to see Armenia tied as closely as it can be to Georgia for purposes of trade, for purposes of transport, and others.

Georgia is becoming more of a bike destination, ... And gee, if gas goes any higher, everybody's going to be on a bike or a skateboard or something.

Georgia is a very aggressive team, and we had to be careful not to get out of our rhythm. At halftime I encouraged our guys to have more patience if the transition (opportunity) wasn't there. But our defense really picked up in the second half and created some offense for us.

Georgia ... is a staunch friend of the West.

Georgia is as talented as any team we have played this year and they can really hit. They also have enough pitching to keep the game close against anybody they face.

Georgia is a sovereign state that decides on its own in what organization it should be represented.

Georgia is a basketball team that's much improved from the 3-point line. There's no question that offensively they are a lot more explosive than they were a year ago.

Georgia has excellent quickness. They came out from the start and applied a lot of pressure to our guards. They did a good job of denying the ball to our wing players.

Georgia has been on top of their game, but I think that each one of us are going out there to do whatever we can to do the best we can.

Georgia had been struggling a little bit. It's a long season for freshmen, and sometimes I think we got good things out of both of them offensively.

Georgia DOT has a project now to upgrade that two lane section to a four lane divided highway.

Georgia and Clemson is one of the oldest rivalries in the country. It's a natural fit and one that we are delighted has worked out in a way that suits the schedules of both schools. Some of the greatest college football games have been played between Georgia and Clemson over the years, especially in the 1980's, and we think this will be very well received by both Georgia and Clemson fans.

Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.

Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.

I don't think that's too far off base. Is this about basketball or life? If we do the right things and show improvement, I think those things have a tendency to take care of themselves. He only went to Georgia Tech for a year and that's an engineering school. . . . I think he cares about us winning, so that's a good thing.

I appreciate the people here at Georgia Tech very much, especially my staff, the coaches and student-athletes and the people I work with every day because they have known about this, they have helped me through it, and I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them.

I feel compelled to say that this decision will send shock waves through college athletics programs around the country. Playing college football, especially at a school like Georgia Tech, is a privilege, not a right. We must be able to set standards of conduct for our student-athletes, and we must be able to enforce and maintain discipline.

I feel in many ways Matt was less prepared and had more reasons to be nervous and blow it -- make beginner's mistakes -- in that game than he's likely to in this game against Georgia Tech. At that time, that was a big game. And he didn't blow it.

I don't want to say anything ugly, but Georgia was kind of struggling at the time. As it turned out, in 1976, they beat us pretty good, but if you were to compare the two programs at the time, Alabama was on top of the world and Georgia was back and forth.

I don't think we compare quite to the accomplishments they had. That was definitely the greatest four-year period in Georgia history. ... We can't match the three SEC championships and the national championship.

He oversaw budgets, did football scheduling, oversaw maintenance. His job included a little bit of everybody's job. That's what made him so knowledgeable and that's what will make him so valuable to Georgia Tech.

For the past year, we've been actively trying to acquire Sweet Georgia Brown, and that's still my position,

For our university, it's real bad to lose to them. You don't want Georgia Tech to have bragging right for a whole year.

What is there to see in Europe? I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.

I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia.

The key for us Saturday is to establish our 50-50 offensive philosophy. We have to keep Georgia Southern from dictating the pace.

These kids are about challenges, competition. I don't think they look at playing at Georgia any differently than they do playing St. Joe's. In their minds, being 13-0, they are going in there feeling that they are underdogs because it's a road game in a place that's tough to play.

The incentives also have been much higher down South. Farther out West, the freight cost to your supply base is going up and up. That's why GM is closing in Oklahoma City... . Georgia has been really aggressive.

And I see that developing. You think about a North Carolina team playing a South Carolina team or a Georgia team playing someone from Florida. That would draw a big crowd and a lot of TV exposure.

All they have done is strengthen my resolve, ... I'm going to build a house on that property, and the Georgia Supreme Court will have to say we can't.

The girls continued to play well. Georgia Southern was a very consistent team and we had to hit a lot of balls back. Everybody was up to the task and we won every match.

The Georgia Tech game was physical but I think the rest of our conference schedule is going to be the same way. NC State comes in a very physical basketball team. We're going to have to really work to get to the point of screens even and make our cuts like we want to be able to do. Obviously the ACC is a conference that really does prepare you for March.

The Georgia game was a bummer. But I think the real fans, the people who have been with them from the get-go, are still with them.

The Georgia Ford Dealers are excited to play a leadership role in this emerging property, and to support the event's core objectives by promoting cycling, good health and the Georgia Cancer Coalition. When we say Ford is built for the road ahead, we can clearly exemplify that brand message with a world-class cycling event like the Ford Tour de Georgia through the Ford dealers and in the communities where we live and work. Ford dealers across the entire route, and across the state, are eager to activate both community and customer programs for the spring.

The diabetes crisis is having a tragic impact on the lives of Americans, particularly among minorities, who are at increased risk for diabetes and its complications, including blindness, amputation and early death, ... The impressive list of business, medical and government leaders in Georgia who have joined with us to address this devastating and costly epidemic is unparalleled. I am confident that this unique collaboration of leaders will have a dramatic impact on the lives and health of the people in Georgia and will serve as a model of excellence for the rest of the country.

The claim that a metropolitan location would improve corporate management is fallacious, ... Personally, if it comes down to a choice among several potential Habitat executives to be employed in the future, I would choose one who preferred life in South Georgia to those who might insist on an urban existence.

The first three events, we put the pressure on them and made them beat us. To count a fall on the beam was tough. It's one of our better events. But, Georgia had won it by then. Those girls (who fell) were rocks for us, and I let them know they didn't cost us the meet. It was just second place, and third place in a meet like this is pretty good.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Colin Campbell says that every member of the Georgia General Assembly with an IQ above 85 should be required to wear a crash helmet. That should take about ... oh, say 15 helmets?