Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson
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Pieces of gold -- that's what we call the Longfellow game (already captured this year over city rival Central), the holiday tourney, the conference and the state tournament -- and that's what we're playing to get. We do talk about those four pieces of gold.
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Our idea of success is not having someone sit on a metal stand for four hours getting sunburned.
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Naturally, when you lose a sectional game, that hurts, but as far as the season's concerned, our seniors did extremely well. It's an outstanding season. We got three of the four pieces of gold we've spoken about, plus we gave Penn their only loss at their place. Nineteen and four, nothing wrong with that.
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These kids have persevered, and that was also a big thing in the game tonight -- our perseverance. It was a close game until the middle of the fourth quarter, but our expression never changed. We just kept playing as a team.
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For 18 years I've dreamed about winning this race, and about being in the Winner's Circle, and I got 50 percent of it. But I got the most important 50 percent,
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You don't feel superior until you tell others about it.
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China, as an example, in 2004 graduated 350,000 engineers and computer science-type people. The United States was under 140,000 and that separation continues.
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If you don't shut up and listen, we're going to start arresting people.
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I'm very pleased. It's one more step in the process of getting the school built.
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If the individual chooses not to report on the return the government doesn't often find out about it,
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I know what it is to pinch a penny. You have to set a budget and stick to it.
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I feel delighted for the opportunity to be a part of it and be (among the) the chosen ones. It shows that the community needs a lot of jobs.
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The better the rating, the less we pay.
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I told Mike it was too much money and he didn't have to do it. But he kept insisting that he give up the money. Still, we are a paycheck-to-paycheck family and it just felt too awkward so I couldn't accept.