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Michael On
downtown extended runs store
We were a loud, extended family. My grandparents had a store in downtown Waterbury called International Foods, and my grandmother runs it to this day.
bad brought fired focused good starts superior work
We were a superior team, but we brought out some bad intensity. I think it starts from practice. We need to get fired up, get focused and have good work habits.
batting below concern games looking par win
We were below par here but there are still two big games to go. Our batting is a concern but we go to Johannesburg looking to win the series.
begins came continue creates expectation frame kids last lower possible reference shrink standards strong week
What I came away with last week was a very strong sense that the kids had been marooned up there. They're in a place where opportunities continue to shrink and were going to continue to shrink and that creates a frame of reference for what it is possible to achieve. It begins to lower the standards of expectation for your life.
campus entertainment meet music seeing
What I'm seeing is a lot of music and entertainment and socializing. This is a residential campus -- get out of the residence halls, meet each other.
attacks community found gotten immigrants point silent
What it is, is the attacks on immigrants have gotten to the point where a community that has been very silent has found its voice.
either grants low means prior small year
What it means is that a lot of communities were working from a very low base. They either had very small grants the prior year or even no grants.
proves
What it proves is it's not completely genetic. They have the same genes.
sit together wednesday
We'll sit down together on Wednesday and we'll see what comes from the talks.
course involve pieces rehearsal require
Well, some pieces of course require much more rehearsal because they are unknown, and they involve very specific, complicated problems.
giants happy left situation sure
Well, that's good. He should. I'm sure he's not happy with the way he left the Giants and I'm sure I wouldn't be if that were the same situation in my case.
additional cooperation guard national needed request size state troops vast
Well, the state had their National Guard troops here. The state was overwhelmed because of the vast size of this. That's why, in cooperation with the state, when they made that request and said they needed that additional help, we got it to them.
successful goal significant
It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.
successful goal people
There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.