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Coming in and getting that bomb dropped on us was heartfelt, of course. I am so grateful for Mike O'Connell to give me an opportunity to live out a childhood dream -- to come to Boston and put on the Bruins sweater. On the flip side, I feel responsible for him losing his job.

Is that someone like Mike Weir or Chris DiMarco, is that what you're asking me?

Think about the implications of this. Mike would not be able to go to anybody in the telecoms space if Motorola sticks to this ... There will probably be some sort of agreement struck.

The top players are playing better. Mike Weir , Jim Furyk , Ernie Els , Vijay Singh, myself... Phil Mickelson and David Duval were the exceptions, but overall, most of the guys you'd expect to challenge Tiger stepped up and challenged him. Were there classic duels with Tiger down the stretch this year? No, not really. Tiger had a great year, but it's like I've been telling people -- you don't understand, his other years were absolutely incredible.

The whole time the ball was in the air, I'm thinking 'Don't drop this. Don't drop this,' ... Mike threw a great ball with a guy in his face. Once I got into the end zone and heard the roar of the crowd, that feeling would never be duplicated.

You are making Mike look like a genius. Hopefully, we can prove you right Sunday.

While we are extremely disappointed that this means the end of Davis' playing career, we're very grateful that the prognosis for the rest of his life is good. Mike Meyer is truly a hero. He single-handedly saved the life of Davis.

Todd brings a veteran presence to the team and he'll be one of the catchers in the competition for the backup spot behind Mike Matheny.

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was a Mike Figures film, and then I got a series with the BBC. I'm glad of the experience, because I think it's very, very good to understand what actors go through.

As they use the expression, Mike was dealt the nine of hearts. We couldn't expect to start the season with three signed players and really not have an opportunity to sign or select a team from a group of players we thought we would have available.

As suggested by the Board of Selectmen, we are working with Mike Sullivan and town staff to pull together some of the additional information that was identified.

The template for success in the NBA changed from the Portland model of 1999-2000, when I got to the league, to the Detroit, San Antonio, Miami model. Although we have succeeded on the court to the point of five straight 50-plus win seasons, we certainly didn't do it 'the best way.' We did it the most expensive way. It cost us flexibility and created lots of bad habits. That was my mistake, and it ended up costing us Mike (Finley).

The stability of the coaching staff is a big factor. We have everyone back and we?ve added a few guys like Mike Heath from Springfield to give us a few more experienced coaches. The kids have responded. They?re a little more comfortable. They know what they?re doing and because of that we?re ahead of where we were at this point last year. I think we?ll be a better football team because of it.

When you had the kind of injury Mike had, he's going to have flashbacks and you're going to have to deal with things.

When we played the Redskins the first time, that's the thing that Mike finally let Matt take control of, change things for the better for our team. And our whole practice and schemes and what we called just changed after that day. ... It has made us a better football team just letting Matt have enough control.

When the dust clears down the road, I know that Mike will have some other opportunities come his way.

When you look at (today), it's an opportunity for the rest of the nation to see what has developed at UTEP with the arrival of MIke Price, ... This also happens to be the first league game, and it offers a peek so that people find out what's going on.

We made a concerted effort to not put Mike in a situation where, conceivably, he could get blitzed.

I've talked to Mike, and he said he's ready for that challenge. I most certainly think he is. I think we have a good thing going here, and we should keep the continuity. Keeping Mike and the rest of the staff intact would keep that continuity.

I've seen Cookie Rojas pull it a couple of times, and Mike a couple of times, those are the only ones I know of in the big leagues.

I've never worked on the same staff as Chris. This is pretty exciting to share this. I'm very friendly with the Stoops family - Mark, Bobby and Mike - and they've always talked about what an unbelievable joy it is to be able to share what you love to do with your family members.

I've said all year if we don't have Mike and Brad playing well we're going to struggle.

The way both teams went about their business showed their respect for Mike Gregory.

The way Mike performed, the way he conducted himself, and the way we run our organization, we both felt it was something that we wanted, ... We're still putting together a team and not just individuals. Mike's ability to play with the guys that we have on our roster, along with his age and his development ... are what it's about.

They all bring something to the table. Bryan got the players there. Mike put the players in a situation to be successful. Nash implemented the situation to be successful. They all bring something, and that's what team is all about.

These are very serious claims that Mike Newell has made.

These are young kids. This is the foundation, ... You need great goaltending, and that's what we've had over the years with Mike Richter.

These are young kids. This is the foundation. You need great goaltending, and that's what we've had over the years with Mike Richter.

The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist anymore. And it was one of those open mikes that wasn't really just for comedy.

It would be special (if he wins both the long jump and high jump). Mike is a special guy. We would all like him to do it. He's our emotional leader. It would be a special thing for all of us.

I've really been counting on him going down the stretch because Mike can be an ace of a staff. He's done it before.

It was time for Mike Davis to go. You can't win playing four guards. Indiana people are used to winning.

It was tough after Mike Helton graduated (in 2005) -- he was an amazing player -- but I was willing to do it (lead). Coach Harper told me before the season, 'We live or die by you,' and I accepted the role and told him I would work for him. It's not as hard as people think. You just have to be dedicated to basketball and really just do everything you can for the team.

What happened last game was, Mike forgot about the ball. He was interesting in running the play and wasn't telling himself, 'Hey, I've got the ball.'

Those who live in the past are cowards and losers" -- Mike Ditka

We should have played Grady, and we're going to play somebody else this week because, simply, it's too much to play Mike Hart every down like we did in that game. Looking back on it, that's certainly something I would have done different.

Witnesses have described (Ryan) as acting like God, Hitler or Mike Ditka, whom he prides himself after.

There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave.

The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine.

Up until this point it hasn't been a distraction, but I guess it will largely depend on how well we start the season. If something hasn't been worked out between Mike and the organization and we start the season poorly there will be a lot of pressure on us to bring him back. We're looking to have a good year with or without Mike.

There is always going to be some differences of opinion. The good thing is that Mike and Jacques go so far back. There is a level of trust and respect that is very comforting. Two great minds working together to figure it all out is all I could ask.

We all help each other. When Mike Haley was laid up with his heart problem two years ago, Jack was the first one on the job.

This season has revealed the character of Mike Davis. It revealed his resilience, his grace under pressure, and his ability to unite and motivate young men.

This second world championship gold feels great, ... Now my next goal is to break the world record. I have promised Mike Powell (world record holder) to break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on.

You can just see it. (Quarterback) Mike Lomas and the rest of the guys on offense have a great grasp of what we?re trying to do because they haven?t had to learn a new system. They?re working on refining what they know instead of learning a new offense.

We've had producers who've all shared at least one thing. They've all recognized that Tom and Mike write great songs and that's what it's about.

This new contract practically ensures that Mike will retire a Dallas Star and we are thrilled that he will be back with us.

To be honest, I have a hard time imagining college golf without Mike Holder coaching at OSU, ... He is responsible for me being a coach. Whether you like him or not, you can't help but respect him. He is truly one of the icons of our sport, and it won't be the same without him.

We'd actually met him once when he was at Cambridge. Then Terry Gilliam came along and started doing cartoons in the last series. We knew of John (Cleese) and Graham (Chapman) and what they were doing. They were doing a thing called 'The Last 1948 Show.' So it was really 'Don't Adjust Your Set' gets together with 'The Last 1948 Show'... John wanted to work with Mike Palin. At that time we decided not to do another series of 'Don't Adjust Your Set,' and we all came in the package: Mike and me and Eric and Terry Gilliam. We said, 'Let's all do it together.' We all liked what each other did.

Bob told me he felt it would be better to address it after the season, ... By the time Mike talked about it, we were almost beginning training camp.

Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds. We really had the momentum and Mike Hussey's hundred at the back (of the first innings) took it away from us.

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.

Bradley Williams turned in his resignation. (Town Attorney) Mike Abbott is working on a contract with Sheriff Ronnie Oakes to get deputies to run patrols for us.

We had some bright spots out there with our younger guys. Dane (freshman), Derek (sophomore) and Mike (freshman) picked up some good wins. This was as close a match as you can get. It was a perfect day for tennis.

We are very pleased with Gold Star Amusements owners Mike and Connie Featherstone for the midway they provide us and the way they operate it.

A couple of passes we thought we could develop downfield and we didn't get a chance to, because Mike had to run for his life a couple times.

On top at forward, veterans Tim Borowski and Mike Alfano should cause problems for other teams' defense.

The thing about Mike is he's so explosive. And he's going to make plays because he's got great quickness and great pad level.

The thing that Mike brings to the table is that he's a competitor. He plays hard every play. And he's willing to do anything we ask of him.

The thing that's always impressive about Mike is he's always been someone who says, 'We're in this together. He makes it pretty clear that if he's part of the problem, he's going to be part of the solution, too.

The thing that's really helped me is going up against (rookie first-round pick) Mike Patterson every day in practice, ... He's got the ability to take advantage of every one of my mistakes and that's great. That means we're both getting better.

Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.

I wanted to come for this and Mike asked if he could bring one of his friends. Danny was having too much fun back in Mexico.

I wanted to give Mike an opportunity to create but I realized the clock was running down so I heaved the ball up.

I wanted my team to specialize in particular areas and stick with particular functions, but that wasn't me. And Mike wanted to be more sensitive to his team and be more collaborative, but that wasn't him. Ultimately, it's not a matter of which style works better than the other. It all comes down to which style works best for you.

Prior to Mike Tyson, we were generating close to $100 million a year. Now, Mike Tyson generates $100 million a fight.

Ray will work with the team in practice in Boston two to four times a week and Mike Sullivan will decide how his role will evolve.

Of course, we'll give him a couple breaks. Mike is a great ambassador for us. He has been at the event the last three years but we were in a gated area. Now we're offering him up to the public.

Of course, we're a different team when Mike is out there because he's one of our best players.

After the first quarter we played well. On defense we stopped Trinity's dribble penetration, and on offense we got the ball to our perimeter shooters after (senior forward) Mike Flowers drew double teams most of the night.

Some other safeties in the league, you can say they have a history of making cheap shots. If it was somebody else, I'd say, 'Yeah, cheap shot.' But I know Mike a little bit ... and I don't see him as a cheap-shot guy at all. He's just a hard-nosed football player.

Without going into great details, it turned into quite the emergency situation. Our trainer Mike Meyer was courtside and was phenomenal. We called 911 and the paramedics got there shortly. Fortunately, he had great medical care and he's doing fine. He's going to be fine.

Without Mike out there, everyone was staying back too much. We lost control of the midfield and couldn't get the ball to our offensive players." ()

When Matt and Mike won, we felt really good about getting the win.

When Mike goes up now, the scouting report is he's a good defensive catcher and you don't run on him. My opinion is there's a future for him. When you go to the big leagues and perform, you're back on the map.

When Mike (is) on like that, he makes it tough for anyone to deal with because he has unlimited range, pretty much. What are you going to do, come up on him? He'll just drive right past you and hit the pull-up. When he's got it going, he's just tough to deal with.

When Mike Tyson gets mad, you don't need a referee, you need a priest.

But Mike is a straight shooter, and this is probably as good of a situation as it could be. This is one of the rational, reasonable ways you would think it would have to come to an end.

But Mike knows what's expected of him. Hopefully, I can get him a chance sometime here soon. I just happen to like the guys in front of him right now, the way that they're playing.

But Mike stayed with it and made the play, awkward as it may have looked. He's getting better out there. Slowly but surely, we're getting better.

But then, after having one or two conversations with Mike about it, he changed agents,

We are excited about establishing a permanent management team at Team Products International. Mike O'Neal has a proven track record in managing licensed brand relationships, developing branded products and building strong retail relationships.

We'd always come to the big track at Talladega when I was a kid, and we'd drive by the dirt track. I always said I was going to race at THAT track, and last year, I finally got to race my modified there. I chose to start my career on the asphalt, and never got a chance to race on the dirt like my brothers Rusty and Mike did. So now, I'm just catching up.

Ryan and Akio and Ian were all at the camp at Shawnigan Lake, ... By all accounts (Ian) had a very strong game, as did Ryan and Akio, so I think those guys will have a pretty good chance of making the Canada West squad. Mike wasn't there but he's still on the list and I think he's going to make it.

Ryan has been a consummate team player and really helped Mike and helped the offense. We just felt overall that (Teel) gives us a better chance to be a successful offense. It was a tough, tough decision. And if it was that hard and we still did it, there's a strong a strong belief in what Mike Teel can do.

South Carolina was the first school I took my visit to and it just felt like home. They called me Mike and really made me feel welcome.

Depends on what Mike wants to do. Maybe if he stays in the area, but that's only speculative on my part.

Defensively, I thought that was our best effort all year. When you deal with a kid like Mike Tisdale who's seven foot and can do a lot of different things, you need a total team effort. I thought our guards really got after it and we made it hard to get it into Mike. And when we did that, Matt (Buren) was there to at least contain.

Defensively, they're so big at every position. We tried early with Mike (Nardi) to stick with our four guards, but he got two fouls so we had to come with Shane (Clark). They were just too big. We couldn't rebound and they were shooting over us.

Coach watches every game. I knew that and embraced it. He's the greatest coach in the history of basketball. What he did in college basketball will never be repeated. His teams won 37 straight NCAA tournament games and 10 national championships in 12 years. You know how everyone wants to be like Mike -- Michael Jordan -- as a player? Every coach wants to be like John. So I don't feel a shadow. I embrace it.

Coach looked at Mike and Mike looked at him and came to the conclusion that this could be it for him, so to go out there like there is no tomorrow.

Coach Mike deserves it. He's the hardest-working coach in college basketball, probably the world. He instilled in us that you should always do things the right way. He made us better people.

Coach Mike doesn't care about money. He doesn't care about attention. He cares about us.

As of this time Mike Williams has resigned from the department. He has not been terminated. He resigned during the course of the investigation.

You're talking about two players who met every expectation. In some ways, they were even better than I had thought they would be. Mike hit a lot better than he had in past. He's becoming a better and better hitter. My only regret with Omar was, if he's this good at 38, what was he like at 28? He was tremendous.

Alfonso put a lot of trust in us and it was so nice that he really wanted to hear what we had to say and what we thought, but Mike kind of took it to a new level, ... In a way, I think, I'd be doing something really difficult and I'd just say, 'I can't get this right. Just tell me what you want me to do. Just tell me how you want this to be, I'm going crazy.' And he'd just say, 'I can't tell you how to do it. I'm not going to tell you how to do it.'

That one hurts the most, when former players talk about you, like the Mike Golics and the people who have played the game and understand that injuries happen, because everyone gets injured, and they still try to say I'm a bad player because of the injuries, and that's uncontrollable, ... I could go out right now and get in a car accident and never play football again and you're going to say I was a terrible player because of that?

That's Mike (Shanahan's) deal. I was still in depression mode until I came over here from the regular season, so a lot of those things like that don't really effect me right now, so I don't worry about it.

That team was very fluky. They had two games they won on Mike Brown interceptions for touchdowns. This team has won consistently. I think this team they have right here is better.

That's what Mike has been preaching to us all year. Get the puck to the net, get guys to the net. During the regular season he was preaching that's how you score playoff goals.