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You want to protect the interest of the kids -- not worry so much about the school -- and do what's best for the player. After what these kids have been through, the NCAA ought to permit them to play anywhere, not punish them and make judgments.

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Nobody sells a house before fixing it up. If you want to sell you fix it up first, ... But if Hurd can make the PC business consistently profitable then there is no need to get rid of it. It can be a decent business.

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What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options.

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The reason we own Microsoft is because once the economy improves we expect an upgrade in the PC cycle. All this other stuff is noise.

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Obviously we didn't tackle. We were not physical and we stopped them only a few times ... long runs, big plays, we didn't get the job done. We got whipped.

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You think about Georgetown centers (Ewing, Mourning, Mutombo), and everyone wants to throw him into that category -- and he will be one day, ... Roy's probably worked harder than anyone on our team this summer. Hopefully, much like with our team, you'll see improvement. As we try to get things going here, we want to keep taking baby steps.

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I'd like to sit and talk to him between innings when I'm pitching. It keeps my mind off the game a little. Most of the time, I like to talk not about the game, but something else. The last couple years it was a little hard because Leo wasn't like that. He's really into the game. So I'd talk to whoever sat next to me. We'd talk about anything.

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They are still in college. They are good, very good. It's not important how they compare to some of the guys I coached. What's important is how they compare against their peers, and they are damn good.

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They've been working so hard and really had never gotten down. The hard work is starting to pay off. It's taken a little while with the youth and schedule we've played. It's good to see them have some success.

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No set time limit is in place since the actual decision to build isn't in place.

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Most of us don't think watching a 12-year-old girl strangle to death is a sexual turn-on, but to him it is.

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Levy limits were discussed this year, but not enforced. Some of that's just every-year political stuff, but you don't know until the Legislature adjourns for the year what they really will do to us.

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Obviously, we didn't tackle and we weren't physical. We stopped them very few times. We were poor in every category. We gave up big plays, especially in the running game. We didn't get off the field on third down. We just didn't get the job done. We got whipped in every facet. We didn't get any turnovers. We have to go work, look at what we're doing everywhere and get better.

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We're getting contributions from 10 guys on a regular basis. Scoring is great, but you have to get some rebounds and have guys buying into defensive schemes. So many times guys who score get the press, but the reality is that the last several games have been total team efforts. It's been a lot of fun to watch.

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that you're only as good in business as your last response to an attack. You always have to be one step ahead of the bad guys.

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We're going to watch him next year in the NFL. He's a really good player, and you can tell the difference in this league, you get a fifth-year senior at quarterback and your team really improves.

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We are very honored to have won the inaugural USA South Sportsmanship Award, ... Sportsmanship has been an important focus in the league for a number of years and we are proud of, and excited for, all of our student-athletes.

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It's brother helping brother, neighbor helping neighbor.

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It was supposed to be such a big moment for integration, but that's all just BS. The game was in College Park, Md., and I was here at the time and nobody was talking about it as a big deal. Sure, in the Black community, we quietly said, 'Good,' but nobody was running around saying how great it was.

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When you get into teaching, not being what you studied in college the first time around, unless you drop what you're doing and go back to school full-time, it's kinda hard to get into.

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I understand what they are doing. Microsoft is playing hardball.

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It's a very lethal combination. A normal male his age may lead a normal life and have sexual fantasies.

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With the process in Liberia heading for normality, we would foresee a very large number of people taking the bold decision of going back home.

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People will point the finger at the U.S. and go on about those wacky Americans and their wacky gun culture. That is a real easy way of diverting attention from the real problems the gang culture presents.

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