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I thought Williams might have a heyday if we played some man (defense), just because of his athleticism and I've got a lot of respect for the kid.

I think that if Reggie Bush wasn't in this draft, Mario Williams would be head and shoulders the first pick in this draft. What you have ... is a pass rusher who has unique size and speed for the position. He's almost 6-foot-7 and runs a 4.7 (40-yard dash). Vertical jump is exactly the same as Reggie Bush and he's 90 pounds heavier.

I think the appeal of the LPGA has broadened. We compare it to tennis when the Williams sisters brought a lot of attention to their sport.

I was consistent and hitting the ball very hard. I was very excited about that. Today was the best match I've played since Wimbledon (where she lost to Venus Williams in the final), the kind of tennis I want to play.

I was always working out, ... I don't believe Ted Williams ever lifted a weight in his life. But I was small, and I knew I had to get bigger.

I think all the guys that have played in the game before me as African- Americans have to share in this a little bit. We've made tremendous strides over the years and I really don't want to make this a racial thing because it shouldn't be. But it is significant because it is the first and I think whenever there is a first it is significant. When Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl, I think that helped a lot of things as far as young black quarterbacks getting more opportunities. I think this will be significant also. It shows we have arrived at the pinnacle of our sport.

I think a lot of the smaller schools need as many days out into tournament play like the Boo Williams or the Deep South because we cannot afford to fly to just see one game in Iowa and fly back like some of the larger schools can. I wish it was a different weekend and that we had more days out as well.

I think it was not a great decision by Williams so we are doubly frustrated. We had a comfortable, well-judged, disciplined, team-oriented race which should have been a comfortable one-two.

I think that was a great strategy decision by Coach Williams to put the fresh guys out there and get something going.

I was just fortunate I was able to throw when I came back, ... After Ted Williams ran into a wall (during spring training of 1954), he wasn't able to really throw again.

Jason Williams is one of the most intelligent basketball guys I've ever seen,

I think everybody did a good job helping each other out in the first half, not only Carlos, Mehmet, and myself. I would say that (rookie Deron Williams ) and Kris Humphries were also very helpful. It was a good effort all-around and we were able to establish a comfortable lead for the second half.

Our classes here at Williams are only 48 minutes long.

Palacio, Williams and Ostertag all hurt us in overtime. Those aren't the guys you'd expect it from.

Our petition is not based on innocence. Our petition is based upon rehabilitation of Stanley personally, but it is at least as importantly based on the value of Stanley Williams to the at-risk children in this country.

People like us need clients who want nice things. Otherwise, we couldn't compete with places like Williams Lumber.

Stagg is a well coached team. We went to a trap and they adjusted and then we went to man-to-man and they adjusted again. I had hoped we could get a cushion because you knew they would come back. Williams did it when Rush wasn't shooting well lately, but they were on him and didn't give him many good looks. But when he started to score, it opened up things for the others.

Some great players, like Ted Williams and Stan Musial, had one more great hitting season left around the age of 40.

That ball wasn't even close to Ted Williams' seat back there. That kind of got me frustrated. You know, you hit the ball like that and you've still got to go 25 more rows up to get close to Mr. Ted Williams I don't know.

Mario Williams is a better fit for us. It was strictly about a football decision.

I think I got very lucky on this, ... The Red Sox players of that team just were particularly pleasant. Ted Williams was larger than life and exuberant and contentious and cantankerous, but great fun to be with.

I thought it was a disappointing year in Arizona. Jermaine Williams was the only top-ranked player.

I thought it was terrible. I don't know who to believe. Williams was very loyal and honest. Nobody could ever say different. Sometimes, that got him into a lot of trouble. But after he died and they cut his head off, that made me sick.

I thought Matt Williams was a really good coach but the problem was he surrounded himself with people who were not good for the way Scotland had to be playing given our size. We needed to be fitter and faster and move the ball more which wasn't what was happening.

John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.

John Williams is probably the best athlete in the school . . . we've got to find ways to get him involved a little bit more offensively. There were times when he was wide open in the middle of the field and we just weren't getting him the ball.

Just 15 years ago it was farms and trees. Now we have the Family Circle Cup tennis match there with Venus and Serena Williams playing.

Justin Williams leads the nation in blocks for a reason. He's got a long body and he's quick to get up (to block a shot). You've got to give him a lot of credit for stopping a lot of our offense.

That was a lot closer game than the final score would indicate, and with a new coach (Jim Goff) who was successful at Archbishop Williams and several returning players, they should be tough again.

That's what coach Williams brings to this group: Intensity. He has that hard-nosed attitude.

I would like to thank Frank Williams for accommodating a compromise to what was a binding contract,

Who knows? There's just no way to tell with the Williams sisters. Venus played a terrible match at the French, and a few weeks later she has an incredible run and wins Wimbledon. Both Williams sisters are good hard-court players, so anything is possible.

Williams isn't being unfair. State law is unfair.

Williams is just as much of an unknown outside his district as Darden is,

Williams is having an excellent season, ... And he's playing well at offensive guard, too.

Williams is a very good defensive presence, sometimes we may happen to get beat, and he's there to take care of the work, and it gets us in a good flow in our defensive game.

Williams is a player that we really like. To get a receiver like him in the fourth round is unusual.

Williams is an awesome player. She can run the floor, put the ball in the hoop and she can rebound.

Williams gets ignored because you can't tell his story without messing up the mainstream story.

Williams came out and played hard. It seemed like they dominated up front offensively and defensively. They were blowing the defensive line off the ball ... and their defensive line disrupted a lot of things we wanted to do.

We were able to get a young centre that we feel is going to get much better and better, that has shown improvement. (Plus) we got a veteran in Aaron Williams (and) we've still got our first-round picks.

We're still trying to find some starting pitchers. I was real disappointed that we couldn't get more out of Mitchell, but I thought Williams came in and did a pretty good job.

We've done about a half-dozen of these shows together over the years, and from the first time, it seemed special. It felt comfortable to me, because I was used to sitting around with dad and some of his writer cronies in the living room, playing songs and him reading a couple of poems. I have fond memories of those evenings when we'd be sitting around and I would be asked to play. I might play a Hank Williams song or something like that, and he'd talk about the time he met Hank Williams.

We could not stop the great player in Williams inside. Our big guys are just not tough.

We got the young kid Williams some touches, which was good, and I thought we ran the ball hard. But we need to put more points on the board.

We'll miss Kirilenko and Williams -- they were an important part of this team. But we couldn't pass up the opportunity to add one of the league's best big men in Tyson Chandler to our roster.

You have to appreciate it. We probably won't right now because of our age, but later on after we get out of college and done with basketball, the history books will come on ESPN and Coach Williams and the Hall of Fame and what happened, and we were involved in that.

We are playing better in all areas, offense, defense and I like our pitching too. Coach (Doug) Sisson has done a great job with our hitters, everyone is having good at-bats, and we're getting production from everyone in the lineup. Coach (Roger) Williams has done a fine job with our pitching staff. Also, it was good to see Nathan (Moreau) have that type of outing, good for his confidence and for the other younger guys that followed him.

We did what we needed. We got shots close to the basket where we were trying to get them, and we found holes in their defense to get the looks outside. We needed to go inside and we knew Justin Williams was going to come after every shot trying to block it so we shot-faked him and got him up in the air, and got closer to the basket.

When the Williams sisters came into tennis, there was so much rampant racism that it was unbelievable. When Arthur Ashe was playing the good game of tennis, he had to contend with nonsense. When Tiger Woods hit the professional golf ranks, he had dumb people talking about fried-chicken dinners and sitting watermelons out on the golf course.

We won the state championship, then the regionals in Oklahoma and went to the 16-under World Series in Ohio where we won three and lost two, ... Jordan Williams and Cody White were two of our pitchers.

The executive committee comprising Kevin Sheedy, Paul Roos, Chris Connolly, Mark Williams and I are committed to the continued growth of the Association and working together to develop coaches across all levels of the game.

We understand the sign, but we also understand that the U.S. is counting on us to win this tournament. Yankee fans do expect to see Jeter, A-Rod, myself and Bernie Williams there, but with the Classic going on they had to lose some players for some time.

We like, in energy, Williams Companies, which has been beaten down a little bit in the first quarter because of questions about accounting. But, again, I think they're a very clean company but natural gas pipeline is their business. We think, in the energy area, Exxon, which took a bad hit this week, is probably attractive at this point in time,

We closely monitored the evolving market and made every effort to participate in a way that was fair and legal, ... Williams does not have and it never has had strategies to engage in illegal or improper market behavior. In fact, Williams prohibited its traders from selling power outside California for resale into California for the purpose of evading the state's price caps even though we did not conclude that the activity was illegal.

We will get to see Ted Williams and just kind of enjoy the day.

We think Williams is going to be a tremendous inside runner.

To tell you the truth, I'm surprised Honda paid so much to get Jenson out of his Williams deal because I personally think that if you give me the right time, I can certainly be as good, if not better. I'm sure every driver thinks that, but I certainly believe I can be as good.

When you have two like that, sometimes teams have one good defensive player that they can put on one of them, but it's hard to stop them both. Ashley Williams has been tremendous.

While his death was not unexpected, it's a serious blow to the entire theatrical community in the United States and Pittsburgh in particular. August Wilson is one of the seminal figures of 20th century dramatic art. When we speak of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, we will now add the name of August Wilson to that pantheon.

We have Marcus Williams who made big plays down the stretch. We turned up the defense the last four or five minutes.

The governor has made it clear from the beginning that she is opposed to all the privatization language. It was her understanding that Senator Williams was committed to taking all privatization language out of the bill.

We're thinking about it and talking about it, and we have to get some competition going in the secondary, ... They want to give Travis Williams a look to see if he can compete a little bit. Those guys have talent but they're not playing the way we need back there, so we'll open it up a little.

We were down seven coming back after the half, and Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson hadn't sniffed a lick. You figure if you got those two guys going we've got a legitimate shot, but we just fell in the tank in the third quarter.

We're supportive and we're hopeful for him. Obviously, who wouldn't want Ricky Williams back on their team? We're in full support of him.

To me, Federer is the best player that ever hit a tennis ball on a tennis court. But he can get better. He has this whole thing about raising the bar. They're not just words. Just as the Williams sisters raised it for women's tennis, he has raised it for the men's game. But there will be a response and he knows that.

We got a break tonight. Bobby Simmons is a great player - Mo Williams - those two guys would have created a lot of problems for us. The thing about a speed team, if you can see them walking up and down the court, you've done something.

We have a balanced, growing team just beginning to find its potential. Led by veterans Amanda Williams and Kelly Darby, who were joined by standout talent Susana Salazar, the Indians are looking forward to growing into a real contender by the end of this season. For the boys, we have a large crop of late arrivals that have recently come out, and we're hoping they help us rebuild our boys program toward where it stood in the league a few years back.

We knew coming in that if we could crack the line we have a couple guys who could get some yards. A.J. Williams and Travis Brent are our thunder and lightening. Travis goes through and knocks them back while A.J. goes through and just darts.

With her outstanding corporate wisdom and business savvy, Pam is a huge addition to the Williams & Williams team, ... With her experience and accomplishments, Pam challenges us to set higher company goals, and delivers the encouragement and motivation needed to achieve them. In Pam's short time here she has already been instrumental in managing key partner negotiations and implementing legal and strategic tactics. Her talents and drive are integral to achieving both our company goals and our vision for the mortgage industry.

When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.

We are trying to get Chris Williams healthy and he will be a player in the conference soon.

Both against Albany and tonight, although in different ways, these teams forced Marcus Williams to make plays to beat them. And Marcus took advantage of the opportunity both times. He was magnificent.

BoP can't control how the justice department handles the case against the accused killer of Scott Williams or when the judicial system will move the case forward. But BoP can control how it honors the memory of Scott Williams and protects staff and our communities from potential future violence.

Bradley Williams turned in his resignation. (Town Attorney) Mike Abbott is working on a contract with Sheriff Ronnie Oakes to get deputies to run patrols for us.

Billy, are you surprised Roy Williams was able to turn this program around so quickly?

Everybody knows about Perkins. We talked about Porter. He probably has one of the quickest first steps behind Jarvis Williams in 3A basketball. They brought it to us in the second half.

As the state's chief elections officer, Secretary Williams will continue to apply Texas law to all candidates in an even manner, and will not grant special treatment to any candidate.

Assuming that something like this happened, an appeal would have been filed. In the best case, that appeal would probably not have been heard until April, but now that all this information is out, it's impossible to know what might happen. I would be blown away if Ricky Williams used drugs, and that's how most of the people around him also feel.

Doug Williams did a little bit of that when he won the Super Bowl, but this would take it to another level.

Are you ready for the Williams sisters? ... We'll see you on Sunday. There's going to be a lot of hard hitting and a lot of hard serving. We'll both have some tricks up our sleeves.

Are you guys ready for the Williams sisters? ... Yeah! We'll see you on Sunday.

Are you guys ready for the Williams sisters? We'll see you on Sunday.

Eric Williams was sensational. Right from the outset we had a difficult time contending with him.

Eric Williams dominated and we had no counter for his ability to dominate around the basket.

Eric Williams did a tremendous job in the paint. We really didn't have a counter for his tremendous presence down low. A lot of things revolved around his ability to dominate inside.

The way he used Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, and the running backs from Minnesota before that, he's shown that he likes to run. I'm pretty sure I'll get a lot of touches. I'm expecting a lot more touches than I've been getting the last couple of years. I think we'll have more balance.

These actions will ensure that Williams retains adequate liquidity and appropriate debt and equity levels to support an investment-grade credit rating -- no matter the amount of our ultimate Williams Communications exposure, ... We also commit that the steps we are taking will offset any reduction in stockholders' equity created by losses resulting from recognizing these obligations.

I've never seen somebody that famous, ever, ... More than Robin Williams walking down the street in Boston, this guy would walk down the street in Italy and grandmothers would be hanging out of their windows yelling, 'Fiorello, Fiorello.'

It was another Williams today. She was playing different tennis today.

These seminars have been recognized on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' 'Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson' and 'Montel Williams Show,'

The state said this case is not about scientific evidence because they don't have any ... no DNA, no fingerprints. Senator Williams and his gang were out for drugs and didn't care who got in their way. There's no testimony that Washington got those drugs.

The Stanley Williams case is about a man who has done what I think is the most important thing a man can do in this country, and that is reach out to the youth of this country with books, with tapes ...,

The things that make a good punt returner or kick returner is if you have really quick acceleration and can change directions real well. (Lions receiver) Roy Williams is one of the fastest, and he's just like Roy. He's full speed in one step.

I've also been sparring Sherman Williams and a few other decent heavyweights.

Sometimes when you win the World Series you clean the house and get a new team. It's not easy, no matter what you do. (General manager) Kenny Williams has given us a good shot to repeat.

Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.

Sometimes coach is calling stuff and I don't understand some of the things he's calling. I ask Phil Ford or Herb Williams just to give me some insight, so I think coming off the bench has really been helping me.

Roy Williams turned us down for the third time. That's a Los Angeles record.

Ross Hartley and Evan Williams have both really done well. They have both been in the championship rounds this year and have gained some experience. They have some wins under their belt and that experience will help them as the season progresses.