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I have asked Mike (Wallace) to drive the Lucas Oil Chevy at Bristol. Mike had a good run for us at Bristol in the spring race even though we were wrecked and we feel he will give us a good solid run there again at our hometown track." ()

I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyone but myself. Then in 1979, I made a film with Mike Leigh called 'Grownups,' which went out on the BBC, and overnight this new career opened up.

We are extremely pleased that the President has nominated Mike Griffin to be NASA Administrator ... Dr. Griffin has long been a resource to the Science Committee, both as a public witness and in providing private counsel. He has broad expertise, knows NASA inside and out, and is an imaginative and creative thinker and leader. He is also known for his candor and directness. We look very forward to working with Dr. Griffin at this critical time for NASA.

He reminds me a lot of (Raptors guard) Mike James when he was here his first year. We didn't have a lot of confidence in Mike. It took a while.

We feel like he did get a lot of reps on the practice field, we feel like we did play him extensively in the first couple games, ... He's a good back. Hopefully, he catches on with another team. You can't deny the fact that No. 33 (Graham) has looked very good here. We drafted Cadillac Williams , Michael Pittman has been a productive back here, Derek Watson is still in the mix, so when you couple that with the fact that Mike Alstott is also going to play the tailback position, we felt it was good for Ian Smart to look elsewhere. Hopefully, someone else takes a look at him.

Having Mike Anderson back, that's big. We really missed him last year. And having Ron Dayne, that makes us better in short-yardage right there. It's the will, if a guy wants it, he's going to get it. If the guys up front help him, the back can do the rest himself, and we have those kind of backs.

What we had to work through was he also was our nickel linebacker. So you?re looking at base personnel and nickel. Now, Mike came in and did a respectable job in there. We didn?t have to change much because of that.

What you don't want to do is put too much pressure on them, too much added expectations. They had enough expectations in New York. I don't know if you can ever ease a player into the New York scene. It's something that a guy like Carlos Beltran, Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd, they can take the pressure off the two young guys so they can go about their business and develop at their own pace.

He's a guy that will give us that depth, like we had with Mike James. I think that he has the things we try to incorporate: scorer, defensively on-the-ball person that will bring a different dimension to our second unit.

We thought we needed a kicker after about a week of camp. So, I sent word to Mike Barr (soccer coach) and asked him to pick one and send one. He sent me Karl and he?s been great. We think he?s a gamer.

We told him to listen to Jay-Z and Mike Jones, ... I mean, he already liked Usher and Alicia Keys.

We're pleased to have Mike on board with us for '06. He certainly gave us all a thrill last July at Daytona. We're hoping for more of the same.

I look forward to working with Mike and the AT&T Broadband team to achieve the full potential of this tremendous new company,

I always felt that Mike was going to replace me as the head coach at Penn State. The question is, am I replacing my opening or am I trying to select my replacement?

I ain't gonna lie, I was aware of it. I know I needed the assists and I was hoping that Mike Miller was going to make one of those shots (in the fourth quarter). I had a good game sharing the ball and making the right decisions.

He's playing great. What people don't know is he did some great things at Cleveland, too. But they didn't win, so he didn't get any media. That's what happens in this league. When you're not winning, people get down on you. That's a credit to Mike that he was able to bring all those guys in here.

We made some big defensive stops there and were able to capitalize. Our defense played really well. They didn't shoot particularly well; we'd like to take a little credit for that. And we got some big play off our bench from Steve Cavanaugh (10 points) and Mike Meade (six points).

He wanted to be a pilot for Aloha like his dad, who had put in years and years as a pilot for Aloha. And his twin brother Mike got in at Island Air, where he works now.

I always communicate with (assistant) Mike White. Mike said, 'Our defense is playing good. Go ahead and go for it.' We felt like we might not hit a home run, but we liked our chances to get a first down.

Having a friend like Mike has been a blessing. He kept me on the right track as a youth and continues to be a good friend to me even today.

He clearly is the leader of our team. He's the vocal leader. He's the guy that pulls everyone together. His effort and performance have been consistent ever since we came back to school. So I don't look at it as 'I see Mike Jefferson isn't going to be playing any more, so let me do more.' He just continued playing the way he was playing. It just so happens that his production has increased.

He (coach Mike Morgan) told me to swing as hard as I could and look bad on the first pitch. On the second one, I was kind of expecting curve ball so I was expecting something low. I got it down luckily.

He was running funny, but Mike has kind of a funny gait anyway. We don't think it's serious.

He was falling around, when Mike turned over to his side. The kid came back up, but Mike quickly put him back on his back.

We look forward to welcoming them on to the Partypoker.com Million V for their honeymoon where company spokesman and leading poker ambassador Mike Sexton (World Poker Tour) will toast to their future happiness.

We look at the whole package, physical and mental aspects, especially how people react to what's going on. Mike has qualities that work well on the football field. He could've come in here from a Division I school and had an edge but it was the exact opposite. He has come in and fit like the proverbial expensive Italian glove.

He understands the pressure, he's been working real hard to produce for us. Usually as Mike goes, we go.

He was certainly the star of the team, no matter who we had in there. But things change, which I think is good. I hope Mike goes on and plays out as long as he wants to play out.

He had some incredible offensive games for us. Mike just elevated his game at times to another level. ... He's one of the best pure shooters I've ever coached.

History has shown -- whether it is in Ontario under Mike Harris, or New Brunswick or Saskatchewan -- that it did not create any child care spaces.

His success is proven. And it's not just him. You've also got (assistant coaches) Rod Marinelli, Joe Barry and Mike Tomlin. You've got some guys who should be coordinators or head coaches on that defensive staff. It's impressive. They've kept guys together in the same system, and that's why they've had success.

His mother said it would be wonderful to know we were honoring Mike and thinking of him.

He's been playing with it the last two weeks, and it really took a step backwards where it's going to make him unavailable. You just hope to protect Mike and keep him healthy and hope that things go well.

He's kind of a Mike Vick type quarterback in that he has great arm strength and running ability. He's so fast and has such a good arm, it's tough to defend him. You have to watch for the option, the shotgun and his running ability.

He's always given me trouble. Mike has so many arm angles and he knows how to spot his pitches. He can set you up with that change-up and then throw a fastball right by you.

He's always had a good arm and he's decently mobile, but the intangibles are what make a quarterback. There is no substitute for experience and Mike is battle-tested in this league (ACC).

He's a so-called Canadian. It's no different than Mike Weir last year.

He's been wanting to do this forever, ... Mike began writing in sixth grade.

He's built for playoffs. You look at guys over the years who were built for playoffs -- (Guy) Carbonneau and Mike Keane and Claude Lemieux. He's a gritty guy who does all the little things and he does them all year long.

He's going to conduct practice until Mike returns, which we hope is tomorrow morning.

He's a superstar, ... and I'm delighted that Mike agreed to stay with us.

I first came on board when Ed and Mike Clay founded the Millersville organization, and it has been a privilege to see it go from an experiment to where it is now.

What makes you think you can't call someone like (outgoing Indiana coach) Mike Davis ? Give me his number and I'll talk to him if you won't. No one should be afraid to talk to anyone. Ask them. Imagine a Mike Davis or someone like that here. You know there will instantly be players here. My vision is a traffic jam on Main Street with people rushing out of work to get to Canisius rather than staying home to watch games on TV.

What Mike does a great job of is he understands defense, and he understands what causes you the most problems and where you don't want to be defensively. Then he tries to put you in that situation as much as possible. Then based on how you react to that, then that's where he likes to attack.

What Mike has done is certainly in the same category as what John Wooden did. It's an awfully, awfully impressive thing in today's world.

What Mike has done is just incredible. He's really got people excited.

Whatever they're trying to justify, hurting Mike would not help their case at all. And no one would worry about what they are trying to justify if they do hurt Mike.

He might be the best player in the state. Certainly people are going to be very, very pleasantly surprised with Mike and what he'll do at Boise.

We've been there before and when Mike hit that shot guys were saying ... we knew we needed one more stop. I was just so determined to get that stop, whether it was a rebound, a blocked shot; the block was there and I made a big play.

He never had the daily repetitions of a mike learning curve, the reads, the reactions, the fits and drills. It was kind of a season in learning. When he began to start to play pretty well is when he had that little injury and didn't really play well again until the bowl game.

He never really wavered. Obviously, when you've got a team that played for the national championship three years in a row hammering you, it takes some intestinal fortitude to stand up to that and play close to home where your family can see you play. Mike stood right in there all the way through this process.

He made two good reads. He got it down to Joe. That's where Mike wants to get to. Not only be able to score, but to be able to make players around him better. Those were two big plays.

He makes sure nobody complains about anything - ever. Obviously, it doesn't do any good and Mike just hates ...

He made big shot after big shot, and we needed it. With the injuries and everything else, Mike and Brad have to be the two guys that are constant for us.

He feels awful about what happened. The great lesson is, always assume your mike is open, even when you're not on camera.

He got shot in the head. He was driving his Range Rover on the Lodge Freeway, after leaving a Mike Epps after-party.

We traded Mike partly because we felt we might well lose him anyway and partly because if we kept them both, one of our key assets would have been on the bench for half our games.

Jon is a three-sport athlete with athleticism, power and decent speed. He blocks well and we are looking for him to be the hub of the offense. Mike is athletic, is a three-sport athlete and is short, but rugged. Ryan has good speed and had some good moments last season.

My perfect option would be Mike Tindall at his best and Ollie Smith outside him,

My perspective on that was I don't think the call was made correctly. My perspective was if it's a catch, the ball would have stayed in his glove. It's pretty elementary for me. He (plate umpire Mike Winters) called me nuts. It's not the first time I've been called that.

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

I want to thank Mike for the three years of service that he gave to Cleveland State University. His hard work has helped elevate the program through a very difficult period and put it into a position to find success down the road.

I was actually hoping he would go to the American League so it would alleviate all that stuff about whether he can catch or not. We all know Mike can still hit. If he's going to play there, he must feel he can still catch a lot.

I watched him in Cleveland at my last fight. He's tough, strong and fast but I'm up for the challenge. I respect the man but once you've beaten Mike Tyson these guys don't hold any fear for me. Once I've won the title I'd love to get in there with the Beast and take his belt as well.

I was walking with Mike Weir, and Mike said he was more nervous watching these guys putt than he was putting to win the Masters. I'm glad it was Ernie putting.

My husband (TC Central principal Mike Murray) had homecoming and then the kids made regionals and there I was.

I was always trying to share our story with Mike and the members of the Big East, telling them what our vision was and where I wanted us to go, ... That paid some big dividends later, because when the time came to pull the trigger, they already knew a lot about us.

Looking around me there must be at least 100,000 people. I found one other person from Port Charlotte, Mike Martin, who came up with us. Most of the people on our bus are from Sarasota.

Some of the younger guys like (freshmen) Mike Campbell and Jeff Gabriel really stepped up today and filled in nicely. I don't mind so much that we take penalties because we have good penalty killers.

That definitely can happen. But there will be a lot going on in the summer and that's why it's so hard to speculate right now. There are going to be a lot of things change here in this organization (as it replaces fired general manager Mike O'Connell), a lot of (player) personnel changes, so it's hard to say which way it will go.

I respected Mike a lot, ... Those are big shoes to fill.

I said, 'You have Vance Wilson, you have Jason Phillips, and you have Mike Piazza. What am I going to do there?' He told me, 'Just trust me,'

I said all along that if he was not going to be ready to assume his rightful place in the rotation than we wouldn't pitch him, and that's what we decided. I talked with Mike and his family, and everybody's in agreement.

Stand-ups are always good to see on YouTube. There's a guy named Mike Head who lives in Cleveland. He's great. He's an African-American stand-up.

Physically, he's always been capable, ... I think the biggest change in Mike has been he's much more focused, much more disciplined.

Our only regret is that he was born the same year as Mike Grey. But the third title solidifies him as one of the best ever.

Our offense is capable of making big plays. We want everything to be a big play. With players like Stanley, Mike (Martinez) and Alex, we are a big-play offense. We aren't going to grind it out on you.

Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. Francisco had numbers, but our starters, I don't know if anybody had a decent game. ... We needed everybody to play well and play at a high level, and they didn't do it. When that happens with the team we have today, it's hard.

Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. When that happens with the team we have (at the moment), it's hard.

Paul worked his butt off tonight. I thought he had waited too long to pass it, but he timed it just right and Mike finished it for us.

I saw that the county prosecuting attorney, Mike Nolan, was looking for an assistant county prosecuting attorney, ... I hadn't been to Athens before.

I will be reviewing the information submitted by the sheriff's department, ... and we will make a decision about whether a criminal offense was or was not committed by Mike Tyson. And we will not be making that decision until at least the end of this week.

Kyle was hurt for most of the season, but he and guys like Dan, Andrew and Mike were all about the team. They were all model citizens, the kind of kids you like to be associated with.

Jim Hunt had a bucket over there to catch it. Well, Mike didn't know to catch it - so it filled up and spilled over and leaked.

Just being able to work with Mike Myers and everybody in the whole cast was a great experience. It was like a big party all the time.

I think the real mission is to get the right people on this team so Mike can be successful, ... Mike has done this for a long time, and I'm confident he will bring us back a gold medal.

I think consistency has been the big thing. Mike always had high-end game at times, but he would play to fancy. But the last two years he has really worked on that.

People are discounting L.A. because of the players they've lost. But they've got a great coach and I think Pavol Demitra, with no red-line, is going to be huge. Same with Valeri Bure. And I'm looking forward to watching Mike Cammalleri play in the NHL. He had an awesome year in the AHL. And Mathieu Garon's going to be really solid in net.

Jeff is the glue to my team. I'd say he's the smartest player I've ever had the privilege of coaching. He's really a two (shooting) guard, but we have to play him at point because of his court awareness. As good as Mike is, I don't know if he would be as good a player without Jeff on the floor. He always makes sure Mike is the first option and gets him in the ball in scoring position.

Jeff played great defense on Mike James on the last shot. It was a tough shot to make and it won the game.

Our guards did a great job of getting the ball to Mike at the beginning, which is what you want to do with a guy shooting 56 percent from the field. But then Mt. Carmel started to apply more defense to the help side and we started to force it inside and weren't patient enough.

I think Michael Robinson is one of those rare persons that steps in the huddle and people believe in him and believe he's going to get the job done no matter what it takes. It might be with a play, it might be with his mind, it might be throwing the football. But I think everyone on that football team, whenever Mike says, 'Hey, we're going to go score,' I think they truly believe in him. He's just that type of person.

I think Mike Anderson is really going to be something special. He's got the attitude we need.

I think Mike Babcock is really going to be good for our team. It's just what we needed at the right time.

I think Mike can hit good pitchers, and he's shown us for a year-and-a-half he can come through big in clutch situations.

I think Mike Gallo did a wonderful when he came back from Triple-A last year and carried us down the stretch as the only lefthander. It would be my preference to have two lefties, but that's not set in stone.

I think Mike had his team as well prepared as he could. They wrestled tough in every match. He's definitely making an impact in his first season.

I think Mike is going to be a little longer. I don't see him rushing back or anything like that.

I think Mike is learning a lot still. That's to be expected. To me, the last 3-4 weeks, how the team has played in a tough stretch, they've shown a lot of professionalism in this last stretch here.

I think Mike was looking to make a statement today, maybe get a little redemption. This course has treated him well and he knew he could shoot a low score here, even after the start he had.