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He takes hundreds of recent law graduates at their most vulnerable, dependent state and guides them, soothes them, suffers with them, flatters them, advises them, exhorts them, humors them and holds their hands over the last hurdle before they enter the practice of law.

He tends to be in the right place at the right time. That's a typical Vincent practice, but when you don't get minutes you sometimes don't get into a rhythm. But he knew we needed him today.

He who knoweth the precepts by heart, but faileth to practice them, is like unto one who lighteth a lamp and then shutteth his eyes.

He has been inspiring to the whole team. He never got down when he wasn't playing. He just kept working hard in practice to improve.

He hasn't competed in a while, but he's looked very well in practice. He played well in the qualifying round.

He hasn't played in about a week and the way this league is set up, you're really not able to practice together much during the week. We're still working on developing a chemistry. It will come, but it's something that takes time. I don't think it will take very long for Bobby to get back in the flow of the game here.

He hasn't played much, but he has certainly handled himself well the two days of practice. He's a guy that studies and works at it. He's passionate and he cares about what he is doing. ... He is spunky, and I like that.

He had to do so many performances at each level, not just practice, but performances.

He had a nice practice last night, and all indications are he should be able to play this week.

He had been killing us in practice and that is why coach Fox had to put him up. He had been making plays on our defense and really looking good.

He had been scoring a lot in practice and we talked to him about it three weeks ago. He delivered.

He will not practice today, maybe not even tomorrow, we will see Wednesday. He is the only one who is 50-50 for Thursday.

He will practice with us (this) morning and we'll probably take him on the road. I'm not sure if he's going to play yet.

He will probably practice on Wednesday, ... There's still a little soreness in the knee. He worked out hard. But we didn't put him in the real competition as far as pass coverage, against man coverage.

He will take batting practice today, and we'll make an evaluation. We'll see how it feels.

He works very hard at his trade. Twelve months of the year, he's doing something. After practice he's usually the last to leave, and I have to yell at him to go home.

He works very hard in practice and wants to be on the floor every second. He doesn't have to come in here and lead he does what he does. He's just a very positive player.

He would have had to practice up here for a while, and there is very little to be gained having him play in three games. He can play in Houston as long as they do, adjust to the pro game and come to training camp next year more ready to challenge for a spot on the roster.

He was very ginger in practice (earlier in the week). But he played through it. ... And this is the kind of injury that would put a lot of players out for two or three weeks.

He was very good in practice last year. We knew he would be a good player.

I'm a great believer in the difference between winning and losing is intensity. Our intensity has picked up lately. This is a great group of kids who make it enjoyable to come to practice every day. We are getting better all the time.

I'm always looking for a steal. That's my specialty. Stealing the ball is what makes me go. Our team is built on defense and creating turnovers, and we practice that a lot. We like to play defense.

I'm an 18-year-old guy who has this opportunity. Millions and millions of high school players out there in the world don't get to practice every day with Allen Iverson. I think people get caught up with me not playing this year in college. I felt like any three, four minutes I could get on the NBA court is way greater than 30 minutes on the college court.

He's going to practice with my backup skates and equipment.

His whole game improved because he worked at it during the summer. That's when you become better. One thing very unique about him is, he is, by far, the best tipper I ever coached. Sometimes in practice and in games, he just amazed me.

His work ethic is tremendous, ... He comes to practice every day to compete. He enjoys it. He has fun at what he's doing. And as a coach, you really like to see that in a player.

His speech was about the practice-squad guys on our team, and what they've meant to our team. These guys don't get to go out there and play, and yet they have busted their butt for a chance for us to be successful.

His strokes are looking great right now. His work ethic is phenomenal in practice.

His stuff is so good. We face him in live batting practice and he tells you what's coming. Not many pitchers do that. He definitely has closer's stuff.

Going out early is never a good thing. We made our car as fast as we could in practice so that is a good thing. It didn't help us by going out third, but there is nothing we can do about that. You just start where you start, and get the most out of it. It is a tough race track, demanding race track.

Golf is such a short season so if we can get some extra practice in, it can only give us an advantage over some of the competition.

When he comes out to the practice field, he knows exactly what to do, and he's ready to compete and get better.

There aren't many full-time yoga teachers. Most of us teach as an extension of our own practice. It helps keep you going on your path if you're teaching other people.

His move on this position started back in December when we would segment a certain part of the practice just for developmental purposes. That was a position of attention as we started in the spring, and he's given us some positive feelings about that from the way he performed.

His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing, and overwhelmingly beneficial - to the nation, to the institution, and to the practice of monetary policy,

His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing and overwhelmingly beneficial -- to the nation, to the institution and to the practice of monetary policy,

His research on the use of force changed the direction of police practice and legal doctrine.

He's done that to all of us in here during practice at the odd time. We know he has wheels.

A Satanist practices the motto, If a man smite thee on one cheek, smash him on the other! Let no wrong go unredressed.

Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.

When we finish the season, I tell all the players at our breakup dinner there are three things they need to do to improve. They need to get with a golf professional and fine-tune (their game), they need to practice and they need to compete. That's the way to improve and get better in the future.

He's a tough, physical player, and that's how we play in practice and that's how it's translated over to the game. I'd take a few more injuries if he's going to bring that intensity in the game.

He's a typical gym rat. After I send everybody home, he stays and shoots jumper after jumper and free throws. He stays 20 or 30 minutes after every practice and I have to tell him to go home. A couple of times, I gave the guys the day off, but he's the first guy to ask if he can come in and shoot.

He's been playing full tilt in practice for about a week now. But obviously, games are the best place to get back. Today did a lot, not only for us, but for his self confidence and my confidence in him.

He's been practicing the same plays, the same game plan, through those first five weeks that we were doing with Matt. We're going to just continue to go the way that we have been going. He can do the things we want in the running game and he can do the things we want in the passing game. Now we've just got to go and practice those things and let him do what we feel he can do the best.

He's been telling me to make sure that if you practice at 11 o'clock and (Karl) wants you to be there at 10, you show up at 8:45,

He's been terrific. He's been a terrific worker in practice and a good person to his teammates, and I think those things are very important.

He's killed us. He's a good player --a real good player. We focused on him the last two days of practice and we still couldn't stop him. My hat's off to him. He had a great three games against us.

He's got everyone's attention. He gets you wide awake at the beginning of each practice and you've got to be sharp, got to be on your toes. He wants you to listen, he wants you to start each drill properly and make sure you know what you're doing. If you don't, get out of the way. Same thing with our meetings. It's, 'Stop what you're doing and pay attention.' He only has to say it a few times and everyone catches on.

He's already showing an amazing attention to detail, ... I went out and spent two days with him when he was making his final decision, and by the end of the second day as a I was leaving he showed me a copy of our schedule, and he'd already penciled in all the practice times and team flight times for the entire year.

He's already showing an amazing attention to detail. I went out and spent two days with him when he was making his final decision, and by the end of the second day as a I was leaving he showed me a copy of our schedule, and he'd already penciled in all the practice times and team flight times for the entire year.

He's a smart kid; he knows the offense that we're in. He's been with us since training camp, so the only thing with him is making sure that we're getting the proper looks for him during practice so he can get used to the rhythm and timing of arena football.

He said he's on a mission, and he's got a chance . . . he's coming on. He's like me - not a practice player. He's waiting for a game, but if he's not going to get in a game, you don't know what you have. He's got to understand that.

He's doing some light shooting, moving around better, a lot of pool work. He's looking good. It's just a matter of when we can get him back out on the practice court and him having the confidence to shift, cut, push off. He had a pretty bad sprain, but he's doing really well. He's ahead of schedule.

He's been battling through that. He rolled (it) right toward the latter part of winter conditioning. I was going to say something to him before practice because he wasn't taped. He's usually taped on that one ankle and he wasn't. But he was after that.

He's been cleared. It's all set. He's been working out on his own, separately, all along. Now he'll get a chance to practice with the team again.

He's been coming to practice every day with a tougher mentality.

He's been hungry since he first stepped foot here. He's a playmaker. You just look at some people and say, 'Hey, this guy's going to be a playmaker.' Just by practice you can tell. He's doing the same thing (in games).

He's being a good teammate. The Jose we're seeing (in matches) is the Jose I see in practice all of the time. He's a good player.

He's going to be a tremendous asset. He's well-respected. He's passionate about the game. From his practice habits to his workout habits to his preparation for the game, both on the ice and off the ice, no player can question his opinion.

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

He's a super hitter, but we play in the National League. You've got to practice out in the field, too. I know he's not going to have any problems hitting the baseball. He never did. It's the other parts of the game, after not doing it since October of last year.

If, in fact, Christen is not playing this week, then everybody is going to have to step it up a notch and I know they'll do that. Last week we had a terrible week of practice and I think that was shown on (last Friday against Central Crossing, which hadn't scored since the second quarter of its opener and dropped to 0-4). Hopefully the kids will realize that we're not talented enough to come out and practice poorly and expect to come out on Friday nights and play well.

I feel like I am improving every game. I'm really trying to work on things in practice so that when I get out there, I'm confident that I can stop every shot. I'm trying to make them beat me instead of beating myself.

What may have been OK four months ago, certainly isn't OK now. They understand now that the attention level is getting shifted more towards them in regards to this practice session.

What do you want me to do? Criminy, we've got to do something, ... We've got to get practice done. We need to get certain phases of our football team looked at, but when you only have six or seven healthy linemen, you can't go in pads for 21/2 hours.

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. One must put it into practice. That sense of oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love and not by any other means.

(Today) is going to be our first day off since practice started. We've been having meetings, just a lot of learning stuff.

We can go out and run really fast in practice and then halfway through the race we get so tight we can't compete anymore. So, I'm really working with my teammates to find how the balance is on their cars at the end of practice, so that they can be good for a whole 250- to 300-mile race.

We can hit and throw. Our pitchers throw live batting practice in a batting cage. There's not a whole lot we can do.

He came in the next day and had his best practice of the year. He was the best player on the court that day.

He came to play every day. He was like Larry Bird in basketball. He was one of the first guys at practice and always put his work in. His whole attitude was contagious. You wanted to come to the ballpark and be around him. You knew you had a chance to win because he was on your team.

He came to the program as a 90-pound freshman and grew to be 6-1 senior season. During his sophomore year he developed a pull-back jumper after driving into the lane and no one seemed to be able to stop it. He worked so hard in practice that sometimes we had to stop it because we actually thought someone was going to get hurt.

He missed most of the week of practice and I think that had something to do with it. But, he's back and working hard. He'll get back on track.

He loves the challenge. (Steele) is out there in practice going as hard or harder than he was today. He's tough. He's a guy who will make the big play next time.

He made some great saves in the third. He's been playing a lot of hockey for us. We haven't been able to get him as much rest as we'd like to and as much practice as we'd like to ... but he's really learning how to compete. You can see that.

He looked like like he was still favoring it a little bit this morning when he was out on the floor. We just felt it would be much better for him if he waited until Wednesday's game and he was able to get a practice or two under his belt, rather than rush him right back into a game.

He looked pretty good. We had some pad work in the first half of practice and we're going to pad him up again (today) and Wednesday. ... I think he should play in this game.

He looks good. He's been between 245 and 250 here now -- even less when he sweats it out during practice. I think he's in really good shape.

He lost a lot of practice time and a lock on his starting position, but he looked fine out there.

He does a great job of getting people to play their best. One of the reasons we are such a good team is that every day in practice is like a game to us. Everything we do is competitive, and everything we do we want to win, no matter what the drill is. He knows you have to coach everyone differently.

He does every little thing right. He's been our hardest worker in practice for the last four years.

He doesn't allow one second of down time ... we're either yelling, or chanting, or playing, or screaming - it's all about focus. We train for music and marching but we also practice spirit.

He gets banged up otherwise, too - he plays so hard. So he missed one practice because his ankle was bothering him, not so much his side was killing him. In general, I think he's as close to 100 percent as he's gonna be until he has his operation, and I think that's plenty good enough. He's playing very, very well.

He doesn't talk as much as (Hudson) did. But it's all really the same techniques we're using. It's all about repetition and getting to know each other. We're out there every day before and after practice getting our work in and the work has paid off.

There is enough of an interest on our part to ask the questions of practice and procedure at mutual funds. We are interested in this and we are compiling information.

There is going to come a time here - I don't know when - when we're going to start getting some guys back. And it's going to be very important that those guys get back on the practice court and things will get back to normal. But now isn't the time.

He had a great batting practice today. He hit a bunch of balls into the water.

He had a great four days of practice.

He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He's never missed a game with the knee problem in the N.B.A.; never missed a practice or game. The only thing he's ever missed any games for in the N.B.A. was for an elbow operation.

He had a lot of reps in practice today and looked pretty good out there. So unless there's a setback, he should be ready to go.

He initially committed to St. John's and went up there for the beginning of preseason practice but wasn't happy there and left before school started. He went back to IMG and looked for another school. We found him there.

He is a floor general. He tries to get people in the right spots whether it is practice or in games and he does a good job of that.

He has the ability to catch the ball, which will help him in this offense. He's a talented, young running back who should be a good complement to the rest of the backs on this team. We're look forward to getting him into Philadelphia and onto the practice field this week.

We've been trying to simulate a lot of crowd noise. For example, at practice all week we've played loud music in order to simulate the chaotic environment. All season long we've played better on the road than we have at U-Hall. Sometimes there's not as much pressure on you on the road because there are no classmates or friends in the stands, and hopefully we'll be able to continue that trend. We need to be able to handle the atmosphere of Cameron Indoor Stadium.

We try to play the game on the practice field. Any time players can feel in a simulated-type atmosphere where it's like a ball game, they like it. Even though it's hard work and it's competitive and all of those things, that's our intent. Fun, or whatever it is, I feel like our players have worked really hard. I think that they've tried to embrace our style of coaching that we've brought.

We talked about that in practice the day before in preparation. We had to still attack and play our game and we didn't do that because we missed shots early. We got some good looks inside and didn't finish. We need to finish those looks inside.

We talked about this being the team that beat us in the tournament at practice yesterday. Hopefully we got that bad game out of our system for the year in the second Kent State game.

He needed a place to practice so someone from those two families told him to come to Mt. Pleasant. They showered at the armory on Eagle Street and stayed at the National Hotel on Main Street.

He'll do a very good job at practice with the big men at Seton Hall. He knew how to play, and he's going to be able to transfer that to players. Growing up around here and playing at St. Anthony, he'll be able to recruit in the metropolitan area.