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I expect us to be in the playoffs next year. We've got a great group of young guys and hopefully it will stay together. I think we can build off the finish we had to this season and do some great things next year.

I expected nothing and this is my best finish at Pearl in 10 or 15 years. I didn't hit the ball too good, but I made some putts. Maybe if you hit the ball crooked, you putt better.

I don't understand how people can rush to a solution before they finish the investigation, ... There's an awful lot of evidence that hasn't been gathered yet. People need to allow the process to go forward in an orderly manner and not assume that they know what the final outcome will be either way.

I don't think we were trying to prove anything to the country. We were just trying to get ourselves back on track so that when this thing gets rolling to NCAA, we'll be locked and ready to go. If we finish out strong and win our next couple of games, anything can happen. Any of the other No. 1 seeds could lose. We still have a chance (to be a top seed).

I don't think we're trying to keep pace (with Montreal) so much as we're trying to win as many games as possible before we finish the season,

If it's possible, when I'm done with this, I'll try to finish up there. There won't be an issue of a contract. Whatever it takes. I'll take the minimum.

I felt like we got some good things accomplished tonight. We just have to be able to finish the game and come away with the victory.

I felt like we had a slow start on our first two events tonight. The scores were tight and vault was still our weak event. I was happy with how we performed on floor and beam. We scored a season high on beam and it was nice to finish the meet strong. If we would have had more momentum earlier I feel we would have had a better chance to beat Minnesota.

I felt pretty good on the court out there today, ... I really felt my game, right from the beginning, was consistent and I didn't let her really get into her rhythm and finish the points pretty quickly, as she loves to do.

I give him all the credit in the world. It's tough for a person 42 years old to come back and get his degree. That shows the importance of a degree. I've known many friends that over the years have gone to college but didn't finish their degree. And they always feel like there's something missing.

I had wanted to perform strongly and pump my fist after crossing the finish line. I feel greater than my last second-place finish because this time making it to the podium was a much more vivid target.

I believe we have the deepest team in the MAC. To finish that low does not show that and this coaching staff expects more.

I believe they are going to finish this, ... We are confident that they will complete this process and continue on the path toward elections for a permanent government at the end of the year.

Centauri made us run one step faster than we wanted to. Sometimes that takes you off balance, and we didn't have the concentration to finish off many of our shots.

Certainly Fannie Mae's interest would be to get to the finish line, to wrap up and get it done.

I always want to do well, ... I don't have any animosity toward the Diamondbacks. They were always a class organization. They let me finish school before I started pitching. They gave me every opportunity to succeed.

But we can't think too far ahead. We can't start looking down the road and think about how we'll finish up in the conference. We have to concentrate on winning the next game in front of us.

But we will need more funds, and heightened international cooperation, to finish the job. ... We hope there will be universal participation in this. By not only returning fuel from our own country (but also Russia's), we hope to set an example others will follow.

Basically, we're playing to complete the schedule, ... We're not going to the playoffs. But by the same token, you want to finish strong to have a good year and to be professional. This is a game, this is your job, and you want to really play the game right. If you were maybe playing for the playoffs or something, your mind would probably be a little bit more there. That's just the way it is. But by the same token, there's no excuse. You have to come out here and play. You want to win every game.

Building a base on the moon is not impossible. The question is, do you want to anger our international partners by reneging on our obligation to finish the space station that they've poured billions of dollars into, or do you want to finish it and risk the funds you'll need for this new era of exploration? You can do one, but you can't do both.

I don't carry any grudges. I know that in order to finish in the top five you have to make as many friends as you possibly can and stay out of trouble out there. I had a pretty incident-free race out there today.

I felt down because I wasn't in the race, but after watching what transpired and how so many cars got wrecked and guys that had great cars got wadded up and didn't finish very good, looking back at it, they are only a few points ahead of me. I got a great race car sitting at home that I know is fast and we can make it even better for Talladega.

I felt good. I definitely felt better than my last two starts mechanically. My sinker was better. My cutter was better. My command was better. What allowed me to finish the game was taking the ninth like it was the first. If you rush through the ninth trying to get outs, you're not going to complete that game.

I felt good. I think my stuff's there. It's just the location I'm trying to finish out. It was a good step.

I felt like I had to make a statement in a situation like that. It was time to finish them off.

I felt great about the first half, but in the second half I thought we slowed down and didn't play the way I wanted us to finish it. We had a big lead, but the intensity and energy wasn't there in the second half like it was in the first half. You can work on things, but still have intensity. I felt like we didn't have any intensity.

I felt great. I knew I was leaving and I wanted to leave on a good note. Hopefully I'll be back to finish this.

But that's just a start, it's not where we ultimately want to be. I'm tired of being labeled a loser for 12 years. If you lose one more game than you win, then that's what you are. It doesn't matter where you finish (in the division). I don't want anybody to call us a loser again.

But that's why I had to. I couldn't finish anything, or communicate, or make decisions about what the dancers should do. I was at a very isolated place in my mind. I was always incredibly obsessive about my work, and I don't know how much I made that more extreme by drug use. But I'm glad not to be that person now.

Chris had a little bit of trouble early on, but came back with three birdies to finish well.

Chris has had a fantastic weekend. To finish in the top six on his first Monte Carlo is a major achievement and he's done it at a very respectable pace.

Basically, we had a problem and as we solved the problem it kind of gave us the opportunity to go ahead and finish out the room and everybody liked the way it looked. There was a girl that was having allergy problems from it and they moved her out.

I have an edge for selfishness to win, no matter what game it is. But this one, the way things have gone, I want to finish with a bang.

I had it figured out who needed to finish where, and I got it wrong. I lost a car somewhere and figured I was out of it. I was feeling about as down as you could feel until the NASCAR guys came to the window.

I have always said I take so much more pride in where we finish in the two months of going through the Big Ten. That to me is far more important than four days in one city. Now, I do like the atmosphere here and chance for rejuvenation for teams and kids.

I have a lot better players, guys that can finish all the time. That's what makes the good point guards great. It's a lot more fun for me to set people up than it is to score.

To cross the finish line was a great accomplishment even though I didn't finish the whole thing. It is so hard to describe. You have to be there.

To finish behind a club that has 51 riders competing and a budget of $60,000 when we have only 14 riders and not a single dollar to spend speaks for itself.

To finish birdie-birdie on this course -- two difficult holes -- was promising for tomorrow. Compared to yesterday, this was quite an improvement.

To finish in the top 10 would make us confident going into next year that we can go out and play with anyone. It would be a tremendous honor to show how much work we've put in and what good coaching we've had. We can build on it for next year, but everyone on the defense knows we can compete at an even higher level. Hopefully next year we can raise the bar more and be even better.

To finish ninth, that's a real testament to these guys. We only brought six wrestlers and four of them got medals, so I couldn't be prouder of them.

To finish off with a Commonwealth Games at home is the perfect finale,

To finish second in a tough conference like this, that's something. I'm proud of the boys.

To finish second in the SEC East is a wonderful season for our team. Obviously, we were not picked that high. To qualify for a bowl game, that was our big goal for our team. We felt it was achievable and realistic and our guys went out and won seven games to go to the bowl game.

To finish the Commonwealth Games like that is frustrating.

To finish the Olympics like this with these four guys, there is nothing like it.

To finish the season on this note is not how any of us envisioned this.

To finish third out of 32 teams is a great accomplishment for our kids, program and coaching staff, ... I still feel like we were the best soccer team in this tournament, and it would have been great to play for the title. But we have nothing to hang our heads about.

To finish this stretch 25-0 is remarkable. They showed a lot of character out there, and we'll build on this.

To finish with just five losses is very pleasing.

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We've got to understand what it takes to finish games. What we haven't mastered is the ability to squeeze the lead and get the opponent buried. Give credit to Sycamore they gave tremendous effort.

We feel like if we can finish it off the right way, it will be another phenomenal year. That's the key, being able to put them together - one, two, three years in a row.

He's actually a horse who is better running faster than rating. He doesn't really change gears. If he comes out fast, he'll maintain his speed. If you go :23, he's not the kind who will finish with them. I've ridden him over the last three or four years and, every time I ride him, I just let him rock. He broke today like a scalded cat.

He's a big key to their club and he represents a lot of their speed. We try to make sure we all finish our checks on him . . . even the smaller hits, hopefully we wear him down a little. The more hits we can get on him the better.

What we were doing was disappointing to where we wanted to finish our season. The problem we've had all year is third-and-six-plus.

He's a guy, overall, that gives us more assets in that spot. Miguel played well for us early in the year, and he can always go out there and grind and claw and do certain things. But he did come here to be backup guy. If Kaz can finish up strong, the way he's swinging right now, it would be nice for us.

He's a first-round draft pick and we wanted to him to be here and finish his career here, if possible. That is something we think is very important if you can get your first-round picks or very good players who make a difference, to stick around.

He's a complete runner, he's got great vision, good change of direction and he's very powerful. When you get that, it's contagious for everyone and guys finish blocks, guys stay alive. . . . It opens up things for everyone else.

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When I ran for a third term as Honolulu prosecutor I feel I committed to serving that term. I need to finish my tour of duty as prosecutor, that's the bottom line.

We thought we were qualified for the postseason, just from the schedule and opponents. We just couldn't do anything about their finish in 2005. That shouldn't have been counted against us.

We threw it away at the end. We had the game in the bag. It's just a pity we couldn't finish it off.

We've got to get to the point when we get a big lead, we feel confident and finish them off. We're not going to be a great team until we can do that.

We've got to learn to finish what we start. It's just part of building confidence.

We're playing really solid hockey right now. Everybody wants to finish strong.

We're playing tight right now. When any subs come in, we're meshing together and we're finding ways (to make the plays) and finish it off.

We're not worried about where we are. We were 10 games under .500 in March and that would be quite a comeback if we win on Wednesday (and finish 41-41).

We're not worried about who we're going to play; we just want to go ahead and finish on a positive. If you get past the first round, you're going to have to play them anyway.

We're obviously glad the transit workers are going back to work and that the transit system will be back to normal soon. We're looking forward to welcoming customers into stores as they finish their holiday shopping.

We're obviously not happy. Once we finish reviewing the decision, we'll decided whether or not to make an appeal.

We're on a great roll here with another 1.5-mile track coming up. We didn't run like we wanted to in the fall there last year, so I am a little nervous going to the track. But I believe we understand what took place last time. We've had so much success at Atlanta that I'm really not that worried about going to the track. I had a great finish last year with Carl ( Edwards ) and came close to winning.

He spent the whole game calling me a 'lousy foreigner' and saying I wouldn't finish the match, ... We Argentines have to worry not only about the game but also about the refereeing.

He's playing at a very good level, maybe right now at a top-five level. I think he's going to finish the year in the top 10 if he continues like this. If he plays good on clay, he has a good chance to stay in the top 5.

He's playing catch up right now. He had a great finish to his match and showed a lot of heart. It was a great come-from-behind win. I thought his shape was good.

We made some big plays but we didn't finish them. From the 20 (yard line) to the 20, we were pretty good. But penalties and little mistakes add up.

He wasn't real sharp today. When he got ahead of hitters, he couldn't finish them off. There were a lot of pitches in the strike zone.

He was just flat out faster and quicker than everybody else on the floor. If we could get him the basketball and position where he could score, he could finish for us again.

We have to be better at sustaining drives. We moved the ball, but never could finish drives.

We have to be on top of our game when we face them. There's a reason why they were picked to finish first.

We may not finish before Thanksgiving. We're going to have to take whatever time we need. We do not have much paperwork. We do not have much of a record.

I always expected to finish out my contract with the Dodgers and hopefully finish my career in L.A. It's pretty obvious now the team is starting to go in a different direction. If that's the case, then I won't stand in the way as long as it works out for me as well.

He just plays. I know that he wants to win a tournament, and he works at it and is competitive as anybody. I think now he just has to get out of his own way. He's more than good enough to win. The great thing about Roberto is before the tournament is over, he's going to finish around the top 10 or higher, and that's a real credit to his competitiveness. That's a sign of a really good player who just plays well every single time.

He closed the door, and I couldn't get back down in time. I committed myself high, and that gave Jimmie the win. I was just a matter of who was going to finish second.

He (Davis) bailed me out a little bit. Because then I'd have had to try and create and finish over a big man, which I probably would have done.

We made some strides toward where we want to be, but when you end your season like this, it's taking a step backward. We didn't finish like we wanted to.

We made up our mind that we had to start going after loose balls and finish out possessions.

We look at their ability to learn, how fast they are, how quick they are. And their experience. What have they done with their life? What concrete accomplishments have they made? Are they a finisher? When they start a project, can they finish the project, or do they start 20 projects and then have them all open-ended?

We looked like a completely different team (In the second half. We just couldn't finish the ball.

Well you know I wanted Australia to finish the race and give us a really good run so we could have done a better time, but unfortunately the baton fell.

He didn't really show any fire there. You're out there trying to give him a chance to get through the inning and finish and there was just nothing there.

I am happy with the performance of the team but we should have scored more goals and their goalkeeper played very well. I told the players at halftime to finish the game off but we couldn't get the third goal.

I am here because I do enjoy playing the game, ... I'm not sure I'm going to pursue playing baseball in the future. It's better for me to finish the season, be professional about it and see if I can't help this team. That's the real reason I'm here, not to prove anything.

I am here to discuss with various stakeholders. I expect to finish the talks within few days from now. By the next 10-12 months, we would begin production here.

I am happy for my guys, especially about the combined of course. It was a solid, good performance, and it's good to see them cross the finish line.

I am happy I got a medal. Other girls, they come here and finish 18th or 20th and they have nothing.

I am going to finish with my extension in 2009 and that will be it for me. I'll be 75 years old at that point and guys get out of jail faster for goodness sakes.

I am going to go to district this year, no excuses. My big goal is to be a state qualifier. If I can finish my season at state, and maybe even place there, I would feel like I've done my wrestling career justice.

I always finish second or third, or something like that. But that's OK, it's part of my personal journey, ... It's been a long journey. It's something you have to take one day at a time. I actually like it that way, it's really taught me how to appreciate what I have. I've had to work for everything I've had.

I always said I would finish the year and the year is not finished yet,