S. Hughes Until Quotations

We were bailing out water until 1 a.m. and pumping out the basement. I can't figure out why everyone else pays city taxes but mine are four or five times higher because I have to spend $4,000 every four years to fix my house. I thought taxes fixed problems like these.

Nothing can be considered final until Governor Bush places a phone call to the person he is selecting as his vice presidential nominee, and that has not happened yet,

Getting into the Lampoon was like a Boy Scout initiation or something - they'd be very cruel to you until you made someone laugh, then they welcomed you into the fold.

We've been waiting. We're close and we're in line, hopefully, to get a team. An NBA team could play in the Edward Jones Dome until a new arena is built. St. Louis supports baseball and hockey, and there's no reason why they wouldn't support an NBA team.

It didn't really hit me until I stood up on the podium. It's kind of a shock and I knew I had a chance, but it was really nice. It's a confidence-booster for the future.

Those guys are upset that they lost Game 1, but they're not too concerned. I was in that situation, and it's never over until that team wins that fourth game. What we did in Game 1 doesn't mean anything unless we come out and take care of business in Game 2.

We've been saying from Day 1 that we didn't want to wait until next year. This is a tremendous homecoming victory.

We just need to take that final step, have a little bit more belief in certain situations to kill teams off and then we will go to the next level. But until we do, then that will hold us back.

It's a situation where it's late in the summer and it's hard to get any conviction, ... Barring any unforeseen catalysts, we're likely to stay volatile until at least after Labor Day.

It's not until you get to see a player on the training field that you can see what type of player he is and what he can bring to the squad.

I've got players with lumps as well but I'm not going to stand here and defend something I can't really pass comment on until I've seen the pictures and spoken to the boy.

I know I won't be 100 percent until next year. But I can be solid and contribute in the playoffs.

I didn't feel comfortable until towards the end. One of the things we're trying to strive for as a team is to find the knockout punch, and today I think we were able to do that.

I definitely feel like I'm ready. I can't wait until tomorrow ... . I just can't wait for it to happen.