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We've done about everything we can do as far as practice is concerned. We can't find out any more about ourselves until we play. Another week will drive us all nuts.

We've done batting practice in Chicago a couple of times in the playoffs, but we haven't considered it regularly. To do it game in and game out, I don't see it.

With the team we had, we had more open shots for each other. The ball movement and all the practice we put in helped everything.

With the dedication, determination and relentless efforts of an ever increasing number of devotees and volunteers of all ages, this temple will become will soon become a focal point for Hindus in North Texas to congregate and practice their faith.

Usually we would bring up a couple Phantoms for five or six days, but you can't because it costs money against the cap to practice these guys.

Using computer technology to shoot at caged animals from a distance is a corruption of our proud hunting traditions, ... This practice is nothing more than a live-action video game, and I am proud to stand with Michigan's outdoor enthusiasts in opposing it.

We're not a well-oiled running machine by any means right now. It wasn't very pretty for our offense. Hopefully we'll learn from it and go on. We did practice well this week. But right now we practice better than we play the game.

We have been working on all the basics in practice. Everything is equally important this time of season.

We have been working on that a lot lately in practice.

We have changed a few things and done some practice starts (in testing).

We just didn't have any energy in the game. We had a lot of guys that didn't practice during the week (because of injuries) that played in the game. And we just had no fire. I'm real disappointed in that.

We just didn't think it was as serious. We've had many play through that and do well, especially at that position, so it was discouraging when he decided he wanted to have surgery. ... The main thing is that we were planning on him being out at practice the next day when he decided to have surgery.

We have to win the battle on the boards. We practice it every day.

We have to work on our exchanges, but the guys did well. Especially considering it was L.E.A.P. week and we had short practice time.

We have two weeks of practice to get things done. Hopefully, this loss will make us better.

We have worked very hard over the last 12 days in two sessions. Some players are better prepared to play in the morning but some others prefer the afternoon. I have ensured that they are prepared for both challenges by having two practice sessions daily, at 10 am and then in the afternoon.

We know that we're better than that. We play hard and everybody wants it so bad, our players, coaches, and everybody. We try hard in practice and everything, but it just comes out the same. The same mistakes we always make.

We can't have videos of practice and have people going home and putting it on the Internet.

We need to have some time to get some practice in now. We need to get a little rest and work on our timing.

We need to learn to practice back-to-back. ... I told the players that every tomorrow is the first day of their career, and they need to get better every day.

We have a lot of work to do in our own end and we'll address some things in practice,

We have a lot of young guys who are inconsistent with their performances -- you just never know sometimes what they're going to do. They need to build confidence and trust what they do in practice when they get out here.

We have a lot to get done in a short period of time. For the first two days, we need to establish a tempo for practice in order to get done what we need to get done over the entire 15 days.

We have always been opposed to politicizing the human rights question, ... Practice has proved that confrontation cannot solve the problem.

I was optimistic going in after the week of practice that we had. I thought we were more comfortable offensively. We swung the bats better, and hopefully things will continue in that direction.

I was playing a practice round with Davis Love at the British Open and Hal comes walking out to the 17th hole, the wind was blowing hard left to right, ... I hit a 4-iron to the green and Davis hit it on. When we got to the green, Davis said, 'You think Hal was impressed with that?' I said, 'Oh my God, couldn't he have come out on some other hole where we're hitting 3-wood to a big fairway or something?' We laughed.

I was really excited about practice this week. Their enthusiasm this week got me excited to coach. I think you could see a lot of pieces of their hearts and guts out on the floor. Both teams were exhausting early with the hype and left everything out on the floor.

I was really focused today and got off to a good practice session and hit some good shots on the range. I started really quick. I hit it close on two and three and made a great putt on the first hole.

I was proud of the kids. We still got a lot of work to do because we are not taking care of the responsibilities that we're trying to get across to them. We're hoping to come out and get a good week of practice this week and try to get back on the right track.

I was proud of my (bench) for their effort. They have worked hard in practice in making our starters become prepared for each game.

I was proud of my team tonight, they really hung in there. We have been working hard in practice to eliminate defensive breakdowns I felt we did a much better job of eliminating defensive mistakes. Even though at times they carried the play, I thought we did a nice job.

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The .500 mark may be a big issue when you guys talk about it to our guys. But we've got a ways to go. We are improving, and we have to keep it going. Whether we are 10 games over or 10 games under, it's still the same mind-set: go to work, go to practice and continue to improve in every area.

You can definitely say, 'great player' of Gilbert now. He does what great ones do, in practice, after practice, in the games. You can definitely say it now. Look at the way he leads, which has to be important. I missed a three-pointer on the break and he said, 'Shoot it every time.' I had a pretty tough first half, but the way he talked to me and stayed with me meant a lot.

You just got to keep coaching them. You see the talent, you see what they are bringing to practice each day.

You just have to be patient and keep working hard. Today we had a good practice. We'll be ready.

You just have to tell them to go out and play hard and try to win the third period, which is all you can do in that situation. You have a young team, we got beat to the puck, we worked specifically in practice this week on things we needed to do and we didn't do them.

You kind of have to know what to work for. You don't want to be unrealistic, but you always want to keep working for it. These girls are amazing. They have more experience; this is what they did in high school. But you work with them in practice and try to stay with them.

You'll find out very quickly if they like it. It's not for everyone. I've seen situations where a daddy wants their son to play, and really, there is a battle for that boy to come to practice three times a week. You'll know very quickly if they like it. If his helmet's always on, and he's hitting a tree in the backyard, he likes it.

You don't ever practice such a thing. The situation was pretty intense. There were a couple critical calls that were non-calls that were an important part of the game. We weren't used to that situation.

We joked that we needed name tags in practice with so many new kids coming in. But they listened and they did a lot of learning. Whenever that happens you're going to be up and down, but it was fun to watch when they started playing well.

That's been happening for the last however many games. I stay after practice and get some extra shots in so I'll be able to bury them.

That's the one thing we always go to. I probably, to a fault, work too much on our defense in practice. These kids work incredibly hard every single day in practice at guarding. Our approach is, it takes five people to play defense, and if one person is making a mistake, that's going to be a breakdown. Tonight, people really saw how well we can defend people.

That's the part I like. He didn't miss a single practice.

That's the poorest shooting night we've had all year. The open looks we had when we broke their pressure just didn't go in. We had more balls roll off the rim tonight than I've seen in any practice or game all year.

We jumped from our seats and applauded. It was a happy moment. To practice law in any state, you must graduate from an accredited law school.

We just came into practice and looked back on what we were doing well before the losing streak and what we were doing bad. We just addressed the problem. Everyone came back. We started talking about individual responsibility.

We just can't give up. Like we said in the past, we've only had one day of practice together since the new guys have been here.

We haven't seen them yet this season. We're going to prepare with what we've done in practice. We'll go into battle with that and just see how it goes.

We have our work cut out for us. In practice we'll pick it up a bit and have a more serious tone. Moffat is a big team. Our kids will have to sustain blocks, and pressure their quarterback.

We just were not well prepared for this game, ... We will go back and work hard in practice this week, and hopefully we can bring home a win against Smyrna/Clayton.

We just were not well prepared for this game. We will go back and work hard in practice this week, and hopefully we can bring home a win against Smyrna/Clayton.

We need to practice hard and get better. We are better than this. I don't have anything left to tell you.

We need to practice hard this week. If we work hard in practice, we play well in games. That's been the trend all year with this squad.

We need to refocus. We need to make sure we're not taking anything for granted. We need to attack practice with a different attitude than we did the past two days.

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.

That was a lucky shot for sure. I don't practice that, but I don't shy away from that if it happens in practice.

That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.

That was the biggest shot I've ever made. All that extra time shooting free throws in practice paid off for me. I just had to step up.

My big concern now is, we can't let a situation where we had a nice win on the road be the highlight of the season. Beginning today, we need to refocus on what we're all about and that's the last seven games, and trying to get better in practice every day.

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment.

We get our reps in, then the guys who come off the bench more scrimmage a little bit more than we do. It's good as long as we're there mentally for the practice days.

We got the exact shots we wanted. That last shot by Brooke was the last play we worked on in practice today. We had three open threes at the end.

We got the word Thursday at about 1 p.m.. We were told nobody would be allowed outside. We haven't been able to practice much at all, and now we'll have five away games in a row.

We need to stick to our game plan, be mentally tough and execute what we do in practice.

We need to stop letting things like that bother us. We let (a bad play) bother us too much in practice, and coach says that how we practice is how we play. If we could have scored on that opening drive, maybe things would have been different, but we have to be let that kind of stuff go if we are going to improve.

We needed it. It was very good for us to get back to playing Ole Miss basketball. When you don't practice at all, you forget your defensive principles. Just the sharpness goes away a little bit. The week was great for us. We worked hard and had some intense days.

We needed people to practice on. We did 100 free covers at lunch, 150 at dinner, to work out all the things we needed to.

When I first came here, there were still a lot of things I didn't know, especially about the 3-4. Last spring, I studied every night and came in an hour before practice to make sure I knew everything that was going on.

When I first came to this land because I did not go to such meetings as those were, it was presently reported that I did not allow of such meetings but held them unlawful and therefore in that regard they said I was proud and did despise all ordinances. Upon that a friend came unto me and told me of it and I to prevent such aspersions took it up, but it was in practice before I came. Therefore I was not the first.

When I first started practicing law in the 1960s, no person had ever won a case against the City of Los Angeles for violation of their civil rights. There came a time when I felt morally I just could not try these cases anymore. I then left the office and my time in private practice has been interesting to say the least.

We've been focused on moving the ball in practice and try to get shots because most of the teams we play make us guard for 25 to 30 seconds. They get us tired, so it's reverse psychology. We want to do the same thing to them.

We've been getting some help at practice by playing a 6-foot-5 girl. We've been defending her and she's been giving us some tips. That's something we can't get when we play against ourselves.

We've been going pretty hard in practice and in the games. It's something we like to do.

We didn't execute at the end. We had a play called and we just didn't execute the play. That was the gist of it. They executed and we didn't down the stretch. We've been struggling from the free throw line all year. We shoot lots of free throws in practice and I hope one day they will start falling for us.

We follow the practice that has been followed by previous administrations.

We had data of a year ago, spring practice, the preseason practice and the first two games ... now we have to make a decision. I've never pretended that every decision I make is right ... I've been reminded of that.

We had defensive lapses in the second half, only not as many. It's a will. You have to want to do it. It's sticking to the principles we practice every day. Sometimes if the team comes out and does the very things you're forcing them to do and they do well, you have to give them credit.

We had discussed in practice that we have to over come obstacles. When we get in trouble we can't have the letdowns.

We had to make improvements to get where we needed to be. Playing those 25-game schedules, you don't have a lot of practice times to tweak things.

We are not quite there yet. We still have a lot of work to do. You can always use a little more practice and have a little more effort. We will get there. We are almost there.

We are not that satisfied with how training has gone, not everyone has turned up for practice but the core group has been there. Our first game is against Signal Hill on Saturday and we are hoping that we can put things in place by then.

We came to practice with a whole different attitude. That's all it takes to get a team going. That helped get our confidence up again.

We gave the team the Clemson scouting report tonight. Obviously we'll be somewhat familiar since we've played them before but that was a long time ago. I really trust my team to study that and be prepared for Saturday where we'll have a very light practice but we'll be going through Clemson's sets and get mentally prepared and try to take care of their bodies before we play a 3:00 game on Sunday.

We haven't had a big bruiser that can bang around like that in a while. We can match up in the post better now. In the past, we've had to work in practice every week on coming off of people to double down on the post.

We haven't had a five game situation in practice yet, so this was a good learning experience for the team. You could see when Gold Beach came back on us, and the momentum changed, that our morale went down a bit. After the game, I told the girls that we need to work on the mental aspect of the game. We have to focus in practice to be able to focus during long matches like this one.

We needed to come back refocused and get back to winning football. Like all coaches say, 'You play like you practice.' We had a great week of practice and we played well tonight.

We needed to get a win and get some confidence. We had a long week of practice going over some things. We did a lot of little things better than we did on the road trip and it really helped.

We haven't been able to play together a lot yet. Hopefully we'll be out there for a lot of games. You can do all you want during batting practice but you have to get out there in game situations. We need to start playing together.

We haven't been able to put a full team on the floor in practice in two weeks. Maybe we play better when we're sick.

We made enough of them for the win. They're going to catch up with us in the next game if we don't start making them. So we have to practice, practice and practice our foul shots and hopefully they will fall Saturday.

We made it a goal before the game to have practice tomorrow. We realized if we lost tonight, that our season was going to be over.

We made it clear to him back then that we will welcome him when he gets a full release on his medical status. Last I heard, he didn't have it yet. A non-contracted player, whether Steve Moore or anybody else & we can't have a guy, for liability reasons, practice with us. He wanted to train with us. He needs to get his medical release, and he was very comfortable with that. He said he could train without taking contact, but we're in training camp.

Midwifery is an accepted practice in Wisconsin, and the governor thinks it's certainly a good idea that there be basic standards in place to protect the lives of children and expecting mothers.

Mike has a way of really getting people going ... just getting people fired up. I think that he truly believes that you practice like you play, so you have to go out and practice well.

Microsoft's whole company's practice had been based on doing a great job on Windows and leaving integration with other operating systems to the third-party partners. Now they are trying not to make decisions that make it harder to manage other platforms.

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When I took him out of the game (in the final minute), I told him he was a great player and an even better person. He's been such a great leader. He came to practice every day and gave everything he had. He's very dedicated, very passionate, and that passion and energy was very contagious for the other guys on this team.

When I took the job it was like walking in a dark room because I had been at Mount Vernon for so long I didn't know anything else. The first day of practice I had three players in the gym, and to end the season like this is like a Hollywood movie.

When it's tense during practice, I tend to lighten up the mood a bit.