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“The more experience I can get, the better off I'm going to be, especially in conference games that are going to mean a lot and are important to the team. I think it's good that I've gotten in there and had success and have dealt with adversity. I think it's been very positive.”

“In the second half we tried too much and we lost the initial game plan. Shelby made adjustments around us and beat us each time. We're young and still trying to figure out our positions on the field. Overall, the effort from these ladies was good.”

Happiness is an emotion based on positive circumstances within our lives. The origin of the word “happiness” was derived from the same root “hap”, similar to the word “happening.” Depending on what's happening in our lives, we're either happy or sad. It's based on pure luck and good fortune.

Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also hopeful, because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to remake themselves for the better.

“When he was chairman, the credit union experienced some of its most extensive growth. We grew one year over 20 percent and the next year over 12 percent. He always took the organization in a way that was constructive for the members, constructive for the employees and positive for growth.”

“There was progress in some areas, less than we had hoped for in other areas. Our position is that if both sides decided they wanted to re-double their efforts they could conclude the agreement in the time that we have left, but we have to evaluate whether or not we think the will is there on both sides.”

“Larry is one of the fastest players you will find in Division III. He's a threat to go all the way every time he touches the ball. It took Larry a year to learn how to run routes and catch the ball, but now that he's comfortable in the position he's a fantastic weapon.”

“To me the combination is a very sensible one. It's a good mix. Alcatel has done very, very well in the United States and elsewhere, but there's not that much overlap (with Lucent), so I think it's a powerful global position, possibly forcing Nortel and Ericsson to get together.”

Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.

The more you tell yourself that you are trying to do something rather than telling yourself that you are doing said thing, the harder it is to have success in your attempts. By saying that you are trying to do something you are focusing on the negatives making it impossible to have a positive outcome.