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The offense wasn't executing like we should. We'll be better. It's a team effort. We've just got to keep working to get it cleared up in the fall.

Considering the conditions and how bad it really was I thought the girls did a good job of executing at the plate. Our defense just got comfortable when they made the errors. We stopped being aggressive.

Do I feel like they are threatening us, and are going to give us a hard time? ... Absolutely, it doesn't matter who we are playing. I don't think it is because of who we have playing, I think they have a loaded up offense. They have a really good philosophy with how they run their offense. I don't think it has to do with our personnel right now. That isn't what I am concerned about. I am concerned about teaching the game plan, and executing it well so we can hopefully give them some problems. I feel pretty much the same every week about that.

It's my job as the captain and team leader to create shots when we need them. I honestly was looking to shoot. I knew what I wanted to do. It was just a matter of executing it.

It's probably been one of the worst years for the semiconductor stocks and for techs in the last 15 to 20 years. This company has done extremely well in a terrible environment by executing flawlessly an extremely competitive 3D graphics market. NVIDIA is a top dog in this niche.

Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.

The largest challenge is just getting out the door on time and coming back in. The tasks themselves are not overly challenging. So, overall, the biggest challenge will be just executing the overall EVA day timeline.

The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off. In 1998 we invested a record $7 billion in our businesses, and we continue to generate powerful revenue growth from sources such as data, wireless, Internet, enhanced calling features, and digital television.

They did a better job of executing their offense to start the second half, and that really hurt us. When we aren't getting stops in the half-court, and they are getting baskets in transition, it is hard to stay in the game.

They did a great job of executing in the fourth quarter and we didn't.

They did a great job of executing in the fourth quarter. It came down to putting the ball in the basket. Rip Hamilton closed us out.

They did a very good job of executing their offense. When they got shots, they knocked them down. You have to give credit to them for making every open look.

They are just executing better. They've got better merchandise, better fashion and better advertising.

I think our hitting has been our strong suit so far. We've swung the bats and we've been aggressive. We're playing good ball and the kids are executing all that we've asked of them.

I guess the box line pretty much speaks for what it was: two terrible pitches and gave up two bombs and everything else was pretty good. It tells me when I'm executing my pitches, I'm getting the results that I want.

I really take it personally. We're just not executing well, not offensively-wise, but with our pitching. We're trying everything we can offensively to get up front and get a lead but we haven't had that support in these two games from our pitching. It needs to get better. Sooner or later it needs to get better.

International expansion continues to be a front-burner strategy for the company and these latest developments represent our commitment to that plan. We have experienced long-term success in the United States by executing on our business model, and we are pleased to see similar business goals now being achieved in the European Union.

I just think our guys are good at executing under pressure. We have good senior leadership and a solid junior class, and I think that really helps.

Chad (Burns) did a great job on the mound. He knew out game plan and did a great job of executing it. He stayed down in the zone all afternoon.

By every measure, our people did a superb job executing in what was really a very difficult environment: simply put, there was just a bunch of freight out there.

Certainly, we'd be willing to talk to them, but in terms of executing against the deal we described earlier, we've got to get this right,

I don't really care much for all this 'are they closer?' I really believe that it's all about us - if we are executing our skills I don't believe there's a side that can get close to us.

I didn't know it was that low. It's the result of too many turnovers, not executing on offense and not making shots. It's real frustrating.

I don't know if you ever fool anyone, but you give them different wrinkles and you give them things that may look like something you've run before and you actually run something different out of it, ... It still comes down to executing and going out and blocking and tackling and running a route and throwing and guys making plays.

This is a very good report, as expected. It's clearly a very strong quarter, and they're executing very well to get gross margins to the high end of their expected range.

They'll be able to capitalize on some of our mistakes as far as coming out sluggish or not executing the way we should. Everybody is dangerous at this point of the season.

They just did a good job of executing a good play. It was a good call. We felt like we were in a decent defense.

It was a close game all the way. They (the Bears) hit 11 threes again, but we changed defenses on them; went to a different press. We eventually wore them down and they couldn't keep up with us. And we did a great job of executing our offense.

It was a great night. We did a good job of executing and taking advantage of their mistakes." ()

It was a great day for all involved, for our young men especially. They did an exceptional job of executing the game plan. We were moving our feet extremely well against the complicated (Princeton offense) system that Richmond runs. It showed a lot about their character. It was a step forward for us for sure.

All week long we talked about executing better and about being football players, not spectators. We kept it simple. We got back to basics and got after it.

All week, we got a good scouting report. We knew their plays, but Lincoln good at executing their plays. They knew they had a game on their hands at the beginning of the second quarter. That's how I feel.

The general takeaway from our moonlighting is that Amazon is executing on its near-term and long-term financial and operating goals. Customers are plentiful and active, customer service levels are high, and operations are becoming more efficient.

The girls are doing things we've worked on in practice, and that's all you can ask for. They are executing well and really working hard at the things we've asked them to.

(The Cavaliers) are executing very well, and their pitchers are doing a very good job of keeping our hitters off balance. Give them credit for what they are doing. We are hitting a lot of balls in the air and not putting pressure on their defense.

Their kids are well disciplined in executing their assignments and they do a great job of playing within themselves. They play good, solid, aggressive defense and coach Jorgensen always has a few tricks up his sleeve on offense.

although Dell is executing well amid weak demand, we remain cautious on Dell given sharply lower IT spending and weakening global economies.

The coaches have been doing a great job of putting us in a position to win. We've been doing a great job of executing it. Z did that tonight.

The coaches have given us everything we need; they're preparing us well. We're just not executing the game plan, not playing defense. That's been the most frustrating part. Because we all know that we're not doing our jobs.

The company is executing quite well ... but there's nothing that made me jump out of my seat and scream 'Yahoo!'.

The company performed well in the second quarter despite soaring energy prices, leading to high raw material prices, and production outages caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We remain focused on executing our business strategy, managing our operating costs, improving our business systems, and producing to meet expected demand. At the same time, energy-driven record high fertilizer prices have caused many of our customers to delay their purchasing decisions. As a result we expect a challenging third quarter.

This is a good example of a great system and players executing a game plan. We are like every other team in the league right now with injuries, but you are still a team and still have a lot to play for.

aiRES' open architecture andflexibility will allow WestJet to more effectively implement change andquickly respond to market conditions. Over the past year, our teams haveworked together to ensure that WestJet had the right foundation for successin executing against our business strategy, and the tools to be able torespond to changing market and competitive conditions. Cendant and IBS havebeen able to deliver based on our unique needs, and we're excited about thefuture opportunities that await us.

It's not too hard to be the underdog. We'd love to be sitting on the top, but we're confident we can compete. It just boils down to us executing our game plan.

It's more or less us not executing well and not getting good looks at the basket, something we could have did better.

It's always awkward playing somebody for the first time. Tonight I just stayed with executing my shots, stayed comfortable.

It's always a good story when you can increase customer satisfaction ratings while you are also increasing business; it means you have the organization focused and executing on what matters.

It's one thing that we've been looking forward to all season. We knew we could win these games (in sectionals). It just came down to executing and I think our defense really carried us through.

It's not that we're better coaching; we are just executing better. When you add the right wrinkles and kids play better, it looks like you got a lot of things going on.

(It) poses a potential risk as the company has had little experience designing and executing on a project of this size.

At halftime, we challenged the kids. We weren't executing on offense. After our first drive, we didn't score, and the fumble hurt us.

I told them that they did a really good job of executing our game plan for about 20 minutes. We have to carry that through for a full 40 minutes next time. I don't think anyone walked out of the gym tonight without thinking that we can compete at the highest level.

It's not an easy business to be in. The market is largely efficient. These funds will only do well if they find inefficiencies in the market and (are) able to exploit them to the point where they are more than compensating for the cost of executing those strategies.

That's the Brandon we all know and love. It was just a matter of getting out and executing tonight. Overall, I was very pleased with our effort.

This merger combines highly complementary product in terms of markets, geography, expertise and talent. As always, when you see that on paper the trick is executing and making it work. That's the task in front of us.

The year is turning out as planned, ... As expected, the ramp-down of our turbine shipments in the first half created earnings pressure. However, we are executing with broad-based strength to generate significant growth in the second half. We see nine of 13 businesses growing in double digits and more favorable comparisons in power systems and insurance.

They didn't give us any easy looks. They got to the line, they got to the basket. Maybe fatigue and the combination of Hartford executing a game plan kind of stopped us in our tracks.

They didn't see the competition executing as well.

They do a great job executing the run. It's their bread and butter. We hoped that we could slow it down. I thought we did a pretty good job, I know they rushed for a lot. But I thought we were decently effective at slowing down the run. They're a great running football team.

They outplayed us today boys. I'm proud of my unit and I'll take them. We just didn't have it today in the right places and they did. We weren't executing a couple things that I felt like we needed to execute. We weren't attacking as well as I wanted to attack. We done that in the past and we've kind of grown into it. We just couldn't get the attack and then we got desperate in our attack.

They knew what they were doing. We knew we had to get after them. They were just executing a lot better than us.

They are outstanding, the best we have played so far in terms of those guards and their shooters. It was not one of our better efforts just in terms of executing the game plan. I think Tennessee had a lot to do with that.

They are a terrific executing team. They are a very efficient basketball team.

They are executing in line with what their plans are.

They are getting better and they are executing their offense.

It's execution on our part. The fact we scored 12 points in the second half pretty much sums it up. We need to get back to working on executing and taking care of every little detail.

There's absolutely no doubt that executing him would turn him into a martyr.

It's encouraging to see that we are getting some better looks, executing a lot better on offense and being more patient.

It's just a matter of going out and executing and making plays. If we do that, I feel confident we can win.

Through the strategy and actions we are executing today, we expect to drive increasing value for LSI and our customers. The combination of keen market focus, rich technology portfolio, and our silicon, systems architecture and software expertise will create greater synergy and opportunity to build deeper, more valuable customer engagements.

We were real encouraged about that. We just have to do better and play better. We don't have to go back to the drawing board or anything like that. It's more about getting on the details and executing our plays that we have. We're right there, we just have to keep going, that's all.

We are very confident. We are winning ball games...We are playing well defensively and we are executing our offense. We feel very confident and we have to keep it going.

We felt real good where we were at halftime being up by three with Benny hitting that shot. The second half has been ours all year. The kids have done an excellent job of executing and playing great defense in the second half.

It wasn't one of our better executing performances, ... It was a little bit sloppy. I still think that the fight was very good.

We had to, and did, do a good job of keeping them off the offensive boards. We did a good job in the fourth of executing our offense and finishing off the game.

We had to have the mind set that we were going to win. We kept pounding and executing down the stretch, believing things would go our way.

This was a big game for us after that loss when we didn't play well. We had a talk before the game about executing our game plan and trying to put some pressure on them.

We kind of put ourselves in a hole of not executing the way we're capable. We had to work a lot harder to get back to where we were at the beginning of the game.

We knew Bardstown would come out (during the second half) with more energy and they did. I was pleased with our defense and we did a decent job executing the offense.

This was probably the worst defensive game we've had this year; this was horrendous. We just had a hard time executing anything we wanted to do (on offense) and sometimes our kids do that; let me know if you find out how to get them to do what you ask.

We weren't executing in the first half and their (slow down) style of play kind of bothered us. Coach was on me about being more aggressive offensively and I listened to him.

We weren't executing so we decided we were going to pull them out of the zone but that wasn't working effectively. We needed to do it and we gradually opened it up enough to where they had to really extend. We weren't stalling; we were trying to get them to come out of the zone.

We weren't executing the things that I thought we needed to execute. We weren't attacking as well as we needed to. Other times we've started that way, then grown into it. Tonight we didn't.

We weren't executing the way we planned, and it showed. We lost the game in the third quarter no matter what calls were made and what things happened before or after that.

It's been about executing at the right times. The players are beginning to recognize and react on their own. They are starting to understand the situations without constantly being told.

It's been a strength of ours, executing against the zone. We didn't do as good a job today. ... The key was that we didn't finish off the first half. We should have been up by more.

There were patterns we didn't run correctly and our execution was uncharacteristic in the first half, ... Our running game wasn't executing well. It was an all-around deal where we didn't execute well.

They're home, they going to make runs, and we were able to respond with big plays. We shot free throws well. We just did a much better job of executing our game.

They're a very solid team in everything they do. Watching them against Minnesota, there were a good number of plays and series where they were really playing well and executing on both sides of the ball.

They're better than us, I mean, they are flat-out better than us. They just kept executing and throwing waves of kids at us. We gave everything we had, unfortunately, our tank was empty by the end of the game.

I am pleased with our results this quarter, which reflect that we are executing on our strategy to move deeper into our existing handgun business while diversifying our company by moving into new markets with new and existing products.

I definitely don't think it's effort, it's bearing down and executing the game plan. You can blame it on age. But we're all in the NHL and we're here for a reason, so we know how to play the game. It's concentrating for the full 60 minutes. We aren't doing that.

I don't think that we played our best the first two times we played them. I think at a part of that was them going a good job. We did a better job of executing this time.

I don't think they blew by us once in a pick-and-roll situation. Where in the past couple games, they've had a smorgasbord, tonight he did an excellent job of containing that, stopping that and really executing our defensive schemes.

I do believe these market trends are going to happen, regardless of Hewlett Packard. Time will tell whether we're capable of executing on the opportunity.

I don't mean to be arrogant, but if we're executing our skills there's not a side that can get close to us

There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data.

The (Jays) did a great job of executing a game plan. You can't always think four or five years ahead. Sometimes you have to take advantage of an opportunity to win now. They made themselves a lot better and are very squarely on our radar screen.

The main objective was to see what we could do in terms of executing the team strategy. We got separated in the women's side early and we had some difficulty keeping it together in the early part of the race.

I'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.