Quotes by John Atkinson

“We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. Weve got nothing to be ashamed about.”

“I dont even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. Its hard enough to get here and its hard enough to advance.”

“When that one went out, the wheels kind of fell off. We knew what we were up against.”

“We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.”

“Obviously, its a lot of bodies in a classroom, but we dont have any choice, ... We just have to kind of make do.”

“If you dont run your own life, somebody else will.”

“They simply enjoyed every day together. The most special times for them were in the morning, sitting in their den, drinking coffee and enjoying the peace of the day.”

“I checked with our infectious disease specialist and weve not had any cases here yet. So far so good I guess. Weve had a number of people tested who came in with symptoms, but none of those were positive for flu.”

“[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.”

“This was our first time.”