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I did what I did and I'm sorry for that. But there's nothing I can do to take it back. Bruce Bowen
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I am embarrassed about it. I am very sorry about it, all right? Jack Straw
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He just said this was unfortunate and I'm sorry it happened. Dennis Wilder
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We never make excuses with injures. We would love to have Josh out there. Same with Devin. (But) we should have won the game with the guys that we had. Dirk Nowitzki
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I was just off. I'm not going to make any excuses. I just didn't make shots. Ray Allen
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I was kind of nervous, especially when they had all that momentum in the fourth. It was kind of shaky there. Rebounding is something where we did not do a good job. There is no excuse for that.
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I was kind of hoping she would get back in there because I didn't want any excuses later. Shay Doron
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I think it's outrageous. I think they're making excuses so they can keep raising it.
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It had nothing to do with it. If you execute, you'll get guys out. I felt fine to go today. There's no excuse for not getting it done.
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I think that's probably the case. But that's an excuse, and I don't mean it to be. Bill Snyder
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I think that lingered. I think every week, different guys had different excuses why we were losing. And it happened over and over again. Joe Horn
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