O. Henry

O. Henry
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
wait whether
Whether they do or not will be another story, we'll have to wait and see.
believe great job lost proud
What a great job by Brett. Sometimes Brett doesn't believe in Brett, but he did tonight. I'm so proud of him. In fact, I'm proud of all of them tonight, even the ones who lost wrestled hard.
attack concentration tried trying
We tried to attack around the ruck. There was a concentration in trying to go up the guts.
break broken records
World records can be broken any day. Who is to say I'm not going to go out and break it again?
christian given property religion wish
Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
asked christmas course questions
Of course I thought about leaving. I asked myself a lot of questions at Christmas time.
against captain chris difference four freshmen knew knowing leaders playing pull rest role sean since team tournament
As a captain me, Sean and Chris had been on the team since we were freshmen so we knew the role we had to play as leaders on the team. If things were down, we had to pull the rest of the team out of the troubles. Knowing we had been there for four years we were used to the practices, going to the tournament and the difference between playing against rivals.
cope formidable shall sir unable
They tell us sir that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an advesary.But when shall we be stronger?
stepped
She really stepped it up and said enough of this.
hell owned rent texas
If I owned Hell and Texas I would rent out Texas and live in Hell
pressure took
It took a little pressure off. It was huge.
gained games looked third three took
It took us three games to get one (good game), ... It really did. At times, we looked as young as we really are. But by the third game, I thought they had gained some experience.
colors dangerous fine gay temptation
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colors that are but skin-deep.
jeremy mile proud run
Jeremy's really a competitor. He's very versatile. He can run a mile and he can run a 5,000. I'm very proud of Jeremy Johnson.