Bill Ryan
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Bill Ryan
dirty mess wood
Wood is dirty and nasty. I didn't want to mess with it in the house.
aspect clearly dedicated himself involved life lives single somebody
He dedicated his life to making other people's lives better. He just wasn't a fundraiser, he was somebody who clearly got involved in every single aspect . . . Never did he dedicate himself to anything where he made very much money.
optimism plenty reason
It was a discouraging verdict, but we think there's plenty of reason for optimism on an appeal.
extend few foot foul improved kids last ourselves shoot sure
The kids want to extend the season. They're improved the last few weeks. We have to make sure we don't shoot ourselves in the foot by getting into foul trouble.
alive ate boards defend offensive work
They ate us alive on the offensive boards and we didn't defend the 3-ball very well. We have a lot of things to work on.
considered hard meat sort special
Historically, meat was considered a very special sort of thing, hard to come by.
birthplace
This is the birthplace of it. Legitimately, this is where the thing was born.
mindset seems shot
It seems like we had a mindset of ?we're the underdog, let's go for broke.' We shot without apprehension.
losing players rebuilding seven year
This will be a rebuilding year after losing seven players to graduation.
looking middle
We are looking to be competitive with the middle of the league.
inches
We're inches away from getting (the leases) completed.
against peaks played team valleys
We were better. We played competitively. There just were too many peaks and valleys against a team that good. We improved, but we still don't have everything ironed out yet.