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Michael On
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It was a long, difficult summer of 2004. That was a leap year, so several things happened - the Olympics and presidential election. And right in the middle of the election campaign - and I don't think this was an accident - the 9/11 Commission delivers its report.
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It was all about being mentally strong, coming back and making the next play.
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It was all a bit strange as no other airline seemed to have suffered from lightning strikes and later we were told there had been a technical fault.
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It was a little nerve-racking. Now I have sympathy for the average European blues band coming over here.
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It was a little impatient and immature, but he saw other people doing it,
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It was a little extra competitive because of bragging rights at work. You want to win, you want to be competitive.
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It was a perfect storm. One could say it was a bad strategy; I would say instead of bad it was a very risky strategy. Essentially, they played blackjack and put a quarter of their money on each hand and busted every time.
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It was an unspoken motivation for us against them tonight. They beat us pretty well at their place, and we just wanted to establish ourselves early and often, and I think we did that.
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It was an oversight, ... I think because we don't meet in the summer ... it kind of got by. I think it should have been brought properly before the board.
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It was another great experience to get a chance to learn from Coach Sutter. It was the same thing I brought back from Buffalo: The intensity. He is probably one of the most intense people I have ever met, but if you are a hard worker you will do fine.
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It was a business plan that didn't work 60 days after they started,
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It was absolutely fantastic to go solo and such a privilege to go up on my own because there was nobody else telling me what to do. It is an experience I will never forget.
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It was about making plays when we had to,
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It was (a key sequence). I had a good look; I missed it.