Quotes by Cindy Williams

“I was excited because deep in our heart and deep in our mind Friday was tough. I think we know that this is it. Weve got to take care of things. Going into it, we knew that we had to stay intense and keep each other up. We had conversations about not yelling at each other back and forth, because last game we got down on each other.”

“We did a team activity tonight before the game. We did the trust walk thing and we talked about it — What does this mean? It means youve got to trust your teammates. Youve got to believe in each other, talk and communicate.”

“Well take the good with the bad and move on. I think we were trying to play it too safe, trying to do too many things right and not just having fun and playing the game. We got in that rut and took that nosedive again. Weve got to get over that.”

“Im very pleased with the overwhelming response from the union members. Ive gotten numerous phone calls and e-mails from people who are happy with the new contract.”

“She used to be real hard on herself last year and would get frustrated. I think shes worked through that now — this year I dont see it. I see her more focused. Right now, I think shes our most consistent hitter. Shes our leader right now, so thats another reason we need her on the court.”

“I think down the road its going to help us. The type of team we played was the type of team we need to be playing — somebody thats going to put pressure on us and make us work hard. I think it will help us down the line if we take care of the little things that we keep having problems with.”

“We fought through the match. Its just that we were just making so many mental mistakes. I kept telling them, Play smart; do smart things. … We had some things that just didnt go right for us.”

“Family benefits are expensive, so it costs the taxpayer. Theres also a concern putting the services in this role of trying to take care of families will dilute their effort of fighting wars and keeping the nation safe.”

“Somebody broke in my house to warn me. Thats why Im alive now. I dont know where he is to thank him.”

“We studied many different versions of classic fairy tales from different cultures around the world. We took stories like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood and studied at least five versions of each so the students could compare and contrast them.”

Part of me wants to be married and have everybody around the table for Christmas. But when youre married, your life becomes integrated solely with that person. There are too many characters running around inside me. Maybe they should all be married to somebody different.

I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.