S. Walker Great Quotations

We bonded right after the tragedy. Kyle was unbelievable. He was definitely not defeated, he was the energy guy and he's emotionally tough. He had a great week.

When you come here and the expectations are really high then the failure hurts that much worse. You want it so much for the kids. When things don't work out the way you planned, it's frustrating and upsetting. Things didn't work out for us in the morning and then it just snowballed. We were never able to get out of it. But we had great effort and the underclassmen got a lot of experience.

Last year was huge for us. I think it has put a little pressure on this year's team. But that's all right. We had our first winning season last year and it was just a great year.

She has shown some great senior savvy in stepping into the infield and will be competing with and pushing Mia.

I did not want to lose, because I knew a win here would put us in great position to win the conference and get a No. 1 seed in the sectional. I wanted to give it everything I had.

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He's a great coach a player's coach. The guys all love him.

I thought we opened the game up really defending at a high level. Maine did a great job of closing the gap, but we made some stops and some scores down the stretch.

Pedro is a great passer and is very scrappy. He does the kinds of things that wins matches, but don't show up in the scoring. He's a workhorse.

It felt like the monkey is off my back. When I hit that ball, it was a great feeling. Coach Butler (hitting coach Todd Butler) told me, 'You can't go 0- for-the-rest-of-your-life.' I know that. I experienced it last year. I was 0 for awhile then finished the year strong.

I think it would be a great game to go watch. It would be something to watch.

I think Maggie sees the game differently now and is practicing differently, which is leading to great potential for her to be a starter for us.

My body is really telling me no. Playing for Team Canada would be a great honor. Not being able to do that, I knew I was done. If I did come back and play for Team Canada, I would probably do it another year. But I just feel like I can't do it. My neck is still achy.

Without a doubt, we're excited. We're excited about the new school and the community is behind us. The Village Golf Club is great to have us here. We're looking for good things. Sports are important for kids. We have some good young talent. One nice thing is we all will be together next year. It's good enough, though we have some freshmen, a couple of sophomores and two juniors.

We were sporadic because we have one returning starter. It's tough. We've got a lot of guys working hard. When you open up with a great team you have to execute every down. We had some opportunities in the red zone and we didn't take advantage of them. Our players made some bad decisions. That's part of it. That's what the first games are about.

To Kill A Mockingbird' is one of the great American books. It covers some important topics like censorship, literacy and gender, which are still very much prevalent today as they were during that time.

Truckee's a great ball team. Those kids are physical. They play hard. They get after you.

We've had a great week. We've had a little bug running around the team this week. But I think by and large, it's dissipated. We're ready to go.

To see that the work is still going on is a blessing. Being able to be communicate with the kids and make friends was also a great blessing.

We felt Boston had done a great job of feeding the low post and we made the decision to do everything we could to get on top of the low post.

We feel very strongly that Paige has a great opportunity to be that starter for us. She has competed at a very high level for a number of years and should be able to come into the Pac-10 and hold her own.

We are very pleased to present this year's award to Mr. Iwai. His leadership models important traits that have brought Konica Minolta to its present position of strength: the courage to make the right decisions, even when they are difficult; unwavering focus on innovation; and emphasis on a healthy corporate culture. Though not every company can have its own Track & Field Team, Mr. Iwai's leadership provides an example for other executives - whatever the industry - to emulate for their great benefit. I3A is privileged to present our 2006 award to Mr. Iwai.

Bret comes to us as a highly regarded coach. Garrick has worked with him, as well as Mike Dunbar . He also received some high praise from Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints head coach), who was a part of my staff at Miami, and that meant a lot to me. Everyone is in agreement Bret will be a great fit for our staff. He has the background to do some great things with our offensive line and the offense as a whole.

Every country we'd go to, I could see the reactions of the other competitors and coaches -- they knew they were seeing something special. His excellence in surfing, coming from such a small body and a young mind, was the difference between him and the others. He always had a great attitude and made friends everywhere we went.

There's no question they did a great job of reversing momentum.

It was the Vince Young show. If he comes out, he should be the No. 1 pick in the draft. What an athlete. Bush is a great player, too, but I don't think he's better than Vince Young. Young was the best player on the field. I mean he made so many good plays throwing and running.

These were two great wins with a lot of contribution coming from everyone on the team.

People are stopping me on the street, ... Most people would drive by me the last few years and give me the obscene gesture. Now they're saying, 'Hey coach, great win.'

Offshore is where the big bets are made now. From the bettors' point of view, offshore books are the best thing that could have ever happened. It's a great alternative to illegal bookmakers.

As a team we are feeling very confident in our returning group. Our four freshmen coming in bring a lot, adding into a team that's had one of the best performances we have ever had. We return all of our outfielders and pitchers and have added in some great talent. I think we have put a mix together that will be very exciting and dynamic to watch.

This is great news for The Johnnie Walker Classic and is a true reflection of its standing as one of the most competitive, international and high profile tournaments in the world.

They have great athletes at every position, they present a lot of problems for you. I think Karl and his staff have done a great job putting together an offense that's especially explosive, difficult to deal with and has answers.

They're great college baseball games. Awesome games. Their coaching staff and our coaching staff knew that they were going to be exactly like that, and probably two more tomorrow.

It starts with the diversity of their football team. They have great athletes at every position. They present a lot of problems. They are especially explosive, very difficult to deal with.

It's like a kid. When he's born, he could be a doctor. But if he's in the wrong environment, he could end up in jail. It's not that I'm a great trainer, I've just tried to put him in the right environment.

It's always fun to watch Natalie play on defense because you never know when she will make that great play or make a throw that no one expected. Offensively we've seen a lot of growth in her this last year, expanding her game to include the short game, using her speed to be able to slap as well as drag bunt to get herself on base.

Confidence is a great thing because it is really what drives economies, ... And you can see that happening in Korea, starting to happen in Thailand and Malaysia and very definitely happening in China.

Confidence is a great thing because it is really what drives economies,

It was a great team effort. The most important thing is that we are getting better at the right time of the year.

After two years of working with Garrick, I truly believe he has a great future and can be a special coach. He has an impressive background, as a coach and a player, and he will be committed to excellence with our offense and quarterbacks. I'm excited about this move for Garrick and our football team.

I'll say what I say on the sidelines: There's a lot of football left, ... There's a lot of football left in this season a lot. We need a great off week.

By bringing Lisa into our offensive mix, we will have an explosive lineup that should put up some great numbers in the home run and RBI categories.