Famous Quotes & Sayings

What's at stake is reputation of the school district and the learning of the children. Those are very important things and we can't leave that to chance.

What Pete and Jake did this year as leaders is what Jake and Matt will have to do next year. Matt would've been a district qualifier and maybe even a state qualifier if he'd not gotten hurt, so we're going to be improved next season, especially with the experience these freshmen got.

We had a heck of a season. At the start of the season, nobody had us on the radar. We have won three straight district titles. Not bad.

We kind of have the same problem volleyball does in that our district is not as strong as some other districts. We have to work really hard to maintain our focus.

We kind of have a game plan now for the district for the next year, but ... we need to have a longer-term vision,

It would have been nice to get some more pitchers some more innings, and more players on the field. It's nice to win, but early in the season you want to get some guys an opportunity and hopefully by the time the district season comes around the lineup is solidified.

These are two evenly matched teams and it should set up for a very interesting first round district game.

The school district doesn't have to be the provider. We will work with a consortium of people to use libraries and universities to house pre-K programs.

I've never seen this before. I've been representing school districts since 1973, and I haven't seen anything like it.

Twelve and 0 in district is pretty good.

John Jones

To get two road wins in our district in Abilene is extremely important. Any time you win in Abilene, it's a big accomplishment.

We just need to finalize how and what we are going to swim at the district meet.

Mike Johanns

I spent the morning in (U.S. Speaker of the House) Denny Hastert's district in northern Illinois. There's no question there is impact from the drought. Some ears have four or five kernels, others have nothing, and some are two-thirds filled,

We were pleased to win the district. Our seniors set a goal to win the district this year. We are pleased to have the ?three-peat?.

We think it screams for the three districts to come together. So they don't all have to fight over the last drop.

We're going to win a district championship. These guys want to earn it.

The kids, including adults, just feel helpless about what to do. This is a positive way they can help support students in another district and feel like they are doing something.

The issue here is the school district running roughshod over what the regulations are. If you're going to do it, do it the right way.

I'm going up to win. I'm not going into this looking to settle with home-field advantage. We want to win this last regular season game and go into the district tournament on high note.

Bill Nelson

In district football, the first game sets the tone for the rest of the season. It's tough to get going if you lose that first game. It's going to be a tough game, it always is over there. They always have good teams and they are well?coached. This year will be no different.

Vito Fossella

In my district of Staten Island and Brooklyn, residents joined together and raised money to help military families send these packages over seas.

I knew she was a good player. None of the posts in our district are like that. She's a tough player.

I knew when these girls were freshmen that they'd be good and get better every year. They have higher goals of winning a (state) championship, so district is just like the first stop for them.

Michael Collins

I like the fast pace in district court. At least when you go home at night, you're done.

I just want to win every game that we play and keep improving. It want to get as many wins as possible before district starts next week.

I'm really happy, and I know the kids are happy. It would have been nice to win it, but in the long run, districts really starts what matters as far as kids trying to get to state.

I'm proud of what we have accomplished. Winning districts back-to-back is hard. This is a tribute to our guys, who have been ready to play in every game. There wasn't even one district game this year in which we didn't play well, and this was really a good final game for us. Hopefully, we'll go into the playoffs with some confidence.

It's pretty sad when a guy lives in the district and doesn't even know his address. That's what he gets for living in Tennessee for the last several years.

It's prevalent in many urban neighborhoods and we understand from district attorney's that intimidating witnesses happens frequently.

It speaks to the level of district play. Whoever is standing when it's over will feel like they survived a 15-round heavyweight fight. For our tournament, it will be who is standing after 12 quarters.

Considering this is our first match of the season, it's just a lot of young kids thrown in right away. Going straight into our first match and having it be a district match sets up a lot of pressure.

Everybody has an idea of where they're going to be. With the exception of North Port, Venice and some of the Booker kids, this a good half of (the district field).

Students love it and they're excited weeks prior to the project. As far as I know we're the only school in the district that has a program like this.