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We need to constantly challenge why we think the way we do. Plus, I just always tell people to never say never. When you do that, you set yourself up to break a promise.

The players had the confidence to rise today. They are feeling good at this point and are ready to challenge some people.

There are a lot of things that lead towards creating a more harmonious environment. Now the challenge is, can they survive in this new market?

We will have to go with a big lineup to challenge them or go with a quick lineup to change the tempo of the game.

We want to win this tournament and also the one in Darwin especially as we build up to the main challenge this year, which is the Commonwealth Games.

We've played some very, very fine defensive fronts, and I think this is the best we've played. They lead the nation in sacks. I think that alone tells you the challenge we have.

When I write a song and come up with an arrangement and a vocal part, it's always a challenge trying to find a singer who can interpret it sort of the way that I hear it, and it's a very difficult thing to do. I mean, singing is like playing an instrument - everybody does it a little bit different - singing maybe even more so.

We will challenge it. We're not going anywhere. We're going to keep open.

We will challenge these elements in Iraq, the anti-democratic elements, by even bringing the handover of sovereignty before June 30 as a sign we are ready for it,

We will challenge these elements in Iraq, the antidemocratic elements, by even bringing the handover of sovereignty before June 30 as a sign we are ready for it,

We love the challenge of it. It's when we play our best football. Guys are more focused. We can go in there and take the crowd out of it. We like that pressure. It allows us more attention to detail.

We always try to play a difficult schedule. We challenge ourselves a lot early on to try and see what we have, where we need work and that sort of thing to prepare us for the conference schedule.

We always use the benchmark from previous meets as a challenge to us, so with the results this week it certainly looks that way.

There are, I think, a lot of journalists who don't take the NPF quite as seriously as they later realise they should have done. But I think the message is getting across gradually, and I am impressed that Kelvin has risen to the challenge of heading up the fundraising.

The only challenge I foresee is bad weather.

We've improved our schedule to help all our wrestlers. We want to be ready for the tough competition at the end of the season. Wrestling is a challenge every time you step on the mat, and we want to learn from our experiences.

We've got to be able to overcome adversity. We've got to step up and accept the challenge when things go wrong. Instead of moping about it and dropping our heads, we've got to accept the challenge and keep fighting, and we're not doing that right now.

We've got to be consistent. (Chapman) goes every down extremely hard. That's a challenge for us because if we're not consistent, they'll give us a bunch of fits.

I've started many playoff games before, so it's not about me personally. I think it's just a challenge for us to beat the Clippers. They've beat us five games in a row and it's just a matter of coming out now and being more physical and being more aggressive.

I've seen some remarkable games but I've never seen anything like that before. It's just a personal challenge for him to attack the whole team. It was not exactly the way you want to win a game, but when you have to win a game, it's great to have that weapon to be able to do it. We rode the hot the hand.

I've thought about it. It's going to be a challenge coming from the flatlands to the city, but it's definitely something I can adjust to. I'm looking forward to it.

I've seen denim that doesn't get wet, clothes that change color based on exposure to sunlight, even clothes with sun protection built into it. These new-age type products are generally more expensive. The challenge for retailers also will be to get consumers to believe that they work.

I've seen guys hit .900 in Spring Training and when the lights go on, they struggle. The challenge is when opposing pitchers start turning it up a notch. But there is not a guy in this room that doesn't believe he can't handle the challenge.

I've seen him play middle linebacker in this 32-nickel-rover package they have. He's all over the field. And no matter where he is, he's going to line up and challenge you.

I've played a heck of a lot of courses, but this was probably the hardest 36 holes I've played in a tournament. It was a tough challenge but fair, and the course was in excellent shape.

I've put myself out there on a limb and I've posed a challenge to every opponent I'm playing each week, ... They all understand it's all in fun. It's entertaining for the outside world. But for us, it's serious. It's work.

I've never thought about doing this. I just enjoy a challenge ... This is the next challenge.

Theroretically, I think W&J is better than it was last year. I know all about their receivers and other skill players. It's a great challenge for us.

The rovers went through all of the Martian seasons and are back to late summer. We're preparing for the challenge of surviving another Martian winter.

The Saturn Challenge Cup is a key preparation match for the 2006 MLS season. It's a great opportunity to showcase two of Major League Soccer's top teams to a booming soccer market.

The scale of the challenge means that everything is on the table.

The school is open to all -- no performances, portfolios or academic qualifications are necessary for admission. We build the curriculum around each individual student. They have the opportunity to choose the electives that challenge them and address their individual needs.

The running backs all wanted to go out and produce during this game. Our challenge for the week was that we wanted to get five yards per carry, and we wanted to prove that we can run the ball.

The running part is easy. The challenge comes with picking up the system, learning formations, reading defenses and knowing blocking assignments. All indications are he has very good natural football instincts. But we have to be realistic. He is just a freshman, a very talented freshman. We need to put him in situations where he can succeed, not situations where he?s not ready. That falls on the coaching staff.

The word 'partner' is the key to the whole process. The toughest challenge is finding suitable partners. We steer away from entities that want to get involved under the auspices of joint use, but who don't bring sufficient resources to the table. They need to bring value to the enterprise." ()

The way our league has been all year it would be a daunting challenge for anyone (to win four games in four days). It's a daunting challenge to win three in a row in this conference the way things have gone this season.

They all seem to be doing OK. Seventh-graders are seventh-graders and don't know to put their pants on right, but we're taking care of that. It's a challenge for all of us to travel to Bowie only so far as we can't just walk out the back door and start working.

These are the dog days, because the season seems like it's never going to end. You have to take every game one game at a time. When you're on a big run and winning games, that's the biggest challenge you have -- can you withstand the pressure night in and night out of what teams throw at you?

The salary cap in the Collective Bargaining Agreement in the National (Hockey) League now is going to really encourage teams to develop their own talent and to have a lot of young players developing in the AHL. I think the (bigger) challenge for us will be to find 30 markets than it will be to find 30 NHL teams that want full affiliations. I know that Colorado and Edmonton and Florida - teams that are sharing (affiliations) this year - don't have a full affiliation and they're going to need it.

There would be a moment of silence when she was clearly thinking about what was being said and then she would challenge it, asking, 'But what specifically in those opinions strongly suggests that this is someone who ascribes to judicial restraint?

The rise in oil prices and concern over the Fed's interest rate policy are very troubling to the market. That's going to present a challenge to this rally.

It was tough out there. It sorted the men from the boys but that is why we play, it is a challenge and it was quite a lot of fun out there.

It was a challenge because we wanted to be sensitive to their own personal issues without exploiting them in any way.

It was a challenge in more than one way. Not only was I not working, I was in a foreign country where I didn't speak the language, and I'm with somebody who's new to me, and I experienced a lot of vulnerability ... (it) was a challenge to my ego, and in the end, was kind of exciting.

It was a challenge just to play college basketball. But it's definitely rewarding now. When it ends like this, it's all worthwhile.

It was a challenge moving into a larger theater, but we found it actually plays better in bigger space. You get a better sense of the remoteness of the Grand Canyon setting.

It was an ugly night, ugly swings, ... Tonight, like every night, was a big challenge for me. Fortunately, if he threw 100 pitches, that was the worst pitch he threw all night, and fortunately it was to me.

It was a part of a letter. It wasn't an original copy. It was a challenge to establish who wrote it, who wrote it to whom and why, that type of thing.

It was a nice challenge for him to be able to respond to that. We aren't in the same situation that some other teams are in. We can challenge some guys and see how they respond. That's why we ran him back out (in the fifth).

You have to go in there thinking positive things and hope the referees just let us play. He's going to be a real challenge for us. We need to do a lot of different things with him; show him a lot of different looks.

You focus on the fact that there's been a challenge to the Governor within his own party, usually you don't see something like that. That's a sign of incumbent weakness.

You get more used to it. Honestly, I like playing on the road. I like coming into somebody else's house and playing against them. It's a big challenge for us, and we all love the challenge. To go into somebody's house and win is very satisfying for our team.

You have to set boundaries and say no. The biggest challenge with part-time work is that the work creeps to full time. Nobody else is going to manage that for you.

We're playing a good basketball team, they're No. 1 or No. 2 (in the Associated Press state rankings) for a reason. We have a real challenge on our hands. We go the way our guards go. If they play well and take care of the ball, things will go good for us. We'll have to put it all together.

What came out of the (Class A) playoffs was our lack of experience as a team. We've tried to challenge ourselves by adding teams that have had success and traditionally strong programs. It's all part of a learning process, and we hope to learn this year.

What can I say (about the challenge of the Patriots)?

What can I say? We hoped to get into the final ten, but we weren't quick enough. It's disappointing what we understand the challenge we face and we're not scared of it. We just need to get on with working to make the car go faster. From back here, it's going to be very difficult to get any points, but as usual, we will do the best we can.

We've prided ourselves with being prepared for each challenge that we face. We didn't do that.

We've really come together and done some amazing things. We knew there couldn't be any more mistakes. We had to get focused and take each challenge one at a time. Each week it gets better, and this game will be even harder and we'll have to play much better. This is the big show now.

What those numbers do is cry out for public policy makers to take this challenge very seriously.

We see a lot of business plans, and the biggest challenge is that people are not thinking big enough. We saw a plan last night that would have taken just too much effort to grow.

We feel like we can run the ball. Those guys (the line) have been up for this challenge for a while. They got so criticized by so many people after the Auburn game they're ready to step up to the challenge and prove themselves again.

We feel like we have a chance to be a good offense. I think we've showed some of that in the preseason. But we'll find out Thursday night. I'm excited about it. It's a big challenge for us, and I think guys are ready to go. But at the same time, we know it's a big task, and we've got to approach it like we're going into the most hostile environment imaginable, and we'll have to handle it that way.

(USA) has been the No. 1 or 2 cable network for a while and (raising ratings further) is a challenge to begin with, ... Nonetheless, I'm sure it's a disappointment for NBC Universal.

Us coming off back to backs and playing a team that gets out and runs was going to be a challenge for us. I'm not totally upset about this game. We knew it was going to be a tough game just based on the way they play.

We think it?s very ironic this is happening under an administration that was re-elected because of its values. The larger challenge for the vast majority of (public employees) is: How can they do their jobs faithfully, and survive?

We're disappointed. What it presents now is a challenge for someone to take over. We have to ask our freshmen not to play like freshmen.

This time all their key guys are going to be out there, but ours are, too. That's a challenge we look forward to.

You do put pressure on yourself and your product because everybody is paying attention. Our challenge was to make a Super Bowl-worthy message.

You do what you have to do to stay alive and keep going. Chatfield gave us a challenge and we responded.

With e-commerce, the challenge is always converting people from lookers to bookers. But in general, people are becoming more comfortable online, as systems become easier and quicker to use.

Wrestling varsity was definitely a big step up the ladder. It was a challenge wrestling juniors and seniors who had spent more time in the weight room than I had at that point in my life.

The recent natural disasters along America's Gulf Coast - which displaced more than 1 million people - along with surging gas prices and major corporate layoffs have directly and indirectly impacted the Kingpin Million Dollar Challenge and has left us no other alternative but to postpone the event until 2006.

The original challenge allowed any users to have local accounts to access the machine via SSH. This is an important distinction, because if you have local -- or physical -- access to a computer, you have a very distinct leg-up in terms of the ability to escalate your privileges.

There is a lot of inequality in terms of urban workers being a lot richer than rural workers and the coastal regions a lot richer than the western regions, so there is a challenge of trying to find jobs for the people moving to the cities.

There is also a huge network overhead. For every message that comes in, there is a challenge going out. You are doubling your message load.

To meet the challenge of stable (raw material) supplies we believe the solution is to invest in countries with abundant bauxite resources, like Australia.

To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in history by oppressed peoples who accept the intellectual challenge to analyze the world for the purpose of changing it.

Tony Blair barely escaped this year, and now George W. Bush, if elections were to be held today, would be in a serious challenge as well.

We'll have the numbers. The bigger challenge comes three years after we open. The building has such a prominent presence on the cityscape. Can we create programs that continue to attract people?

We've got a bad taste in our mouth. We get a chance to hit them. This is a good challenge for us.

We've got a big test ahead of us with this team, ... They lost and they're going to come in with a big chip on their shoulder. It's going to be a big challenge for us.

Tonight was a challenge and the kids stepped up. They went out and took care of business against a very good club.

Tonight, we won because of our defense and they didn't shoot the ball particularly well. I would say it was a combination, that we did at times challenge their shots, and there were maybe also some shots they just didn't knock down.

To set the record and not be at home, I couldn't think of a better place to break it at. Missouri State is tough at home and they average over 6,000 fans per game, so it will a tough challenge for our kids.

We all know that the best hospitals are those that have figured out how to 'get it right' consistently -- the challenge is transferring that knowledge and practical know-how to those that aspire to be the best. Premier's Rapid Improvement Programs revolutionize knowledge transfer by providing access to best practices and collaboration with experts quickly and inexpensively -- right from the user's desktop.

We all know that the championship will be decided during Saturday's games, but we need to focus on first getting the job done at Eckerd. This team has been through a lot this season and we've fought through every challenge to the best of our ability.

We all know what Amado can do. He possesses skills that no one else in this league has. But we have to challenge him to make plays like that.

There is so much flux there ... I don't see it as a direct challenge to Dell.

There is still a lot of confusion around the connected home. Reducing it will be the challenge to keeping the momentum going.

There is still only Mitch and I in the business, which may be one of the classic small business mistakes we've made, ... We're turning over nearly $1 million a year with just two people. The first challenge that comes to mind is that we designed something, got it on the market and suddenly were running a tank business with momentum.

There is no substance to the allegations that there is any hesitation on the part of our government to confront the challenge of HIV-AIDS,

The Oscars pose an unusual, and for many, insurmountable challenge for a host. You have to be big enough to command that stage, and smart enough to know when to step back and let the awards take over.

The other challenge is that insurance companies won't want to cover them if they operate on water,

We wanted to challenge every shot and be aggressive. That was our game plan. Be aggressive and don't be afraid to go out and make a play.

We wanted to challenge every shot they put up. Pack in the zone, don't let Potts go to work inside, and challenge their shooters.

We've had slow starts all year. Our plan was to control things in the first quarter and we did. They made a little challenge and we answered.

We've had a tough patch here at the end of the year, and a lot of attention has been drawn to that part of our season. I don't want that to take away from the fact that this team has played outstanding basketball and really enjoyed a heck of a season. Our challenge now is to rest up a little bit, regroup and prepare for the tournament next week.

Besides the physical pain, it's also going to be a mental challenge for me to come out and fight through how it feels every day.

BP's support for this initiative is the single largest community investment we have ever made in California. In order to meet the challenge of preparing the next generation for scholastic success, we believed unprecedented steps were required. After the success of the first season, it is clear that our investment is making a meaningful difference in the lives of Californians.