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We believed Brad was the elite coaching candidate. He came from a winning program with the Philadelphia Eagles. He's an NFC guy, knows NFC opponents and played an important role in the development of Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb.

The defense has taken to the up-tempo game because of their quickness. I'm proud of what they've done, but I'm not satisfied. They know that, and they know they need to do more to reach the elite teams up there.

When the people take a look at this plan and they see that the people in our country -- the elite few who earn over a million dollars get back a hundred thousand a year, and the average family gets back a few hundred dollars a year -- they'll realize that this plan isn't fair,

We want to be an elite team and we have to learn how. The feeling I had last year at this time is totally different. It is a whole different environment this year. He (Brown) knows what I want from the team and I know what he wants.

We'll take the underdog role and being under the radar. We return some elite kids from a championship team from last year. That being said, there is still a long way to go.

We're just ecstatic about winning that. Going to the Elite Eight and traveling out East is huge for us. We couldn't be happier about where we are right now.

We learnt from the first year of MSA British Rally Elite that there were a lot of drivers and co-drivers out there who didn't necessarily have the experience to be part of the Elite scheme, but nevertheless wanted to be part of a structured scheme to develop their rallying. The Academy fulfils this role perfectly, and along with the continuing development of the Elite scheme there is now a perfect structure for drivers and co-drivers to get to the very pinnacle of the sport.

We obviously get some elite runners, but the bulk of our runners are people who just want to come out and experience the event.

We owe the community a debt of gratitude for what it did for this school. This field is great now, and it puts us in a class of schools that have elite facilities.

We do have elite riders who show up on our rides, and if you're a guy like me who isn't necessarily an elite rider, but somebody who wants to get better, that makes you better. That challenges you. That was a way of exposing the sport to more people and challenging the people who want to be challenged.

We're not quite there yet. We're definitely a playoff team, but we're not with the elite teams of the league.

We think they'll be prime events, ... We anticipate the top players leading the points will be in the elite events.

This tournament will provide a new level of competition for aspiring elite players in the regions and will expand the depth of the player bases in both unions.

We aspire to stage the best golf tournament in the world. We think we're at an elite level already. But we think we can get better ... this is one of the most ambitious things that's ever happened.

We believe he is already among the top-tier starters in the game, and poised to join a truly elite group. He has electric stuff.

Without the Soviet Union's material base, Russia now is playing the part of a global power comparable to the United States. The current Russian elite shares a Soviet vision of the world ... and it's trying to imitate Soviet diplomatic efforts.

This shows that the ruling elite does not want free discussion. There has been a change of leadership, and the new governor has been appointed from Moscow. Why discuss anything when it is the boss in Moscow who is deciding all policy?

When you get on top of a team, you have to finish them off. I guarantee you that a team like the Patriots or Colts, if they got out in front like we did, they probably would have put up 40 or 50 points and held them, and it wouldn't have even been a game. If we want to be considered an elite team, when we've got a team down like that, we've got to finish them early.

When you get elected into the Hall of Fame, you get elected into a group of elite people who are the top of the top of the game at the professional level. Just to be standing here is an incredible honor for me.

When you look at the 'New York Times,' you look at other elite media, what you largely get are pictures of very wealthy nations and the nations we've invaded.

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Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going.

We've had to truly earn our bids. Since the PAC doesn't have an automatic bid, we've had to get there the hard way by convincing an unbiased national committee that we should be selected among the nation's elite teams.

There is, ... no single global strategy that works in terms of democratic openness. Sometimes it happens from the bottom up and sometimes it happens from the up down, and to be successful it usually has to work in both ways. There has to be elite that wants change, though that desire can be supported and driven by popular participation. For example in Chile, the Philippines and Korea it required pressure on leaders on top to open up their systems and those pressures couldn't have come only from civil society. In Ukraine and Georgia on the other hand there was obviously a big push from below -- pressure in both directions is necessary. There is not one single strategy that produces democratic transition.

Those two in particular are elite players and have the NHL written all over them. Those are guys who can really do some damage to you if you're not checking them tightly. Fortunately in our league we have some elite players so we're used to playing against that.

We want to finish the season ranked in the top 20. If we do that, the air is thin. There aren't too many people up there. To be a part of that elite group, that would mean a whole lot for us and the seniors and the fans.

You have your tools, but at the same time, you have to start over and learn how to use them the right way for international play, because this is the elite of the elite. So, it's definitely a huge jump.

To join that elite group you have to be an all-around player, and Stephanie's stats bear that out. You also have to have that scoring mentality and not be afraid to shoot. The great scorers don't stop shooting. They might miss a few in a row, but they always believe they'll make the next one.

We always look at dependability and reliability as being two main criteria. Beyond being a dependable person, Jason is among the elite in the amount of innings he's provided his teams in recent years.

We talk to Junior about staying focused. A lot of elite athletes, when things aren't going well they get sidetracked, but he's a great player and we said, 'Just keep playing, keep shooting.' We need him to do that on certain nights and he certainly came through tonight.

What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil.

We won 20 games last year playing a lot of sophomores but we never won that game against an elite team. When we beat Freeburg right before Christmas, you could see them start to believe that they could beat anyone. And when we beat T-Town, you could tell that they really believed.

We, if we were to choose, would rather have home grown talent that is trained through the grassroots, through the elite level, than an Olympian.

We think it's important to write about steroid use at the elite level. We're proud we did it.

We're very excited to get a chance in the Elite Eight. All we want is a chance to beat Jones County.

You do take him for granted. He's very quiet, but his technique is fantastic. His sets are the same every time. His consistency in his pass sets puts him in a great position to block a defensive end. Angles are everything; pass sets are everything. He uses his hands well. You see him every day after practice taking extra sets. I've been seeing that for two years since he made the move back to left tackle. He's physical; he's tough; looks bigger and stronger. When you watch Marvel Smith play the game, you can't help but go 'Wow'. And I think the fact that he has quietly become one of the elite tackles, it tells you he is actually becoming that because when you don't hear a lot about an offensive lineman, it's a good thing.

We want all students, white, black, middle-class, affluent, working class, international students, to think about why addressing these issues is important for the educational experience elite liberal arts colleges impart on all of their students. We want to raise questions and problem-solve about how academia as a whole can affect change in larger society.

Book of Daniel perhaps failed because it showed an elite world of liberal religion with which most Americans cannot relate. Like much of the Episcopal hierarchy today, it was preoccupied more with the aberrant than with the enduring norms for human behavior. And like the declining Episcopal Church as a whole, it turned out to be a failure.

Brandon has certainly earned this contract. His three years thus far have been tremendous. He's really one of the more unheralded elite pitchers in baseball.

Even though we technically lost, I think it sends the message that we can play with anybody because Highland Park in an elite program. I think the girls are totally confident in their abilities ... I think they'll stay focused and come back strong.

Being voted into the Hall of Fame is the biggest individual honor in baseball. Being voted in on the first ballot is what cements your place in history as one of the greatest to ever play the game. There are likely to be many voters that will think twice about placing Bonds in that elite company, especially when you consider he's never been the most popular individual with the media.

As the name suggests, our intention is to take some of the most promising coaches that British sport has to offer and to expose them to the best practitioners from the sport sector and beyond - wherever they happen to be in the world ... When you add that to the ability for this group to share their experiences with one another, you have a powerful mix that will result in a new breed of elite coach capable of inspiring our athletes to new heights. We know that Karen Brown will play a key part in making it happen.

Cornel West bridges another gap between the intellectual elite and the masses of people that are struggling every day to sometimes get a job or get the kind of education that he got. He comes from the grassroots and relates back to that.

Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries.

Elite teams have to demonstrate consistency. That's the challenge now, and certainly that's the expectation.

Elite politicians ... have awakened a sleeping giant. Everybody, we're all united in this effort to get comprehensive immigrant rights.

Elite has grown gradually since we started in 1999 and while we are a small company, we doubled our sales last year. When electric prices go up, people begin to think again of solar.

The responsible elite in China has no intention of picking a fight with the United States. But no one has much hope that the two countries can develop deep feelings of trust, either.

There's not another relief pitcher out there who has done what Trevor has done, consistently, year in and year out. In my opinion, he has been the best closer over the last decade. He should, therefore, be compensated as being the elite of the elite.

There's no doubt we're excited. To be one game away from an opportunity to compete in the Elite Eight ... That would be a dream come true for most of these guys. This is why you play college basketball --to play in games like this.

I've been so pleased with the improvement of these girls. We can compete with the elite teams. They worked their tails off. These girls have come a long, long way this season. It's a testament to their character.

I've been elected nine times, ... I've seen and done most things that a representative can do. I went from a freshman rep to chairing one of the most elite committees ? the Joint Committee on Taxation.

I've worked with Clive for a long time. We and our wives are good friends. I have made it very clear that for the post of elite rugby director we are looking for the best person who is currently available.

It was an elite feeling, just knowing this is your alma mater. We took the kids to heights unknown at this school.

The talent is so close in the NFL that you're standing on the razor's edge of being an elite team and being a mediocre team, ... The Colts are one injury to Peyton Manning from being a .500 football team. Every team in the NFL is like that.

The system must be fixed. The nexus between the logging companies and the political elite needs to be broken.

The third quarter was a disaster. They put pressure on us and we couldn't make shots. If we want to be an elite team, we can't let teams come back like that.

The Texas relays is one of the premier meets in the country-we've got a small squad here, 25 athletes-our elite group.

I've always said you might not ever see a mid-major go to the Final Four. When a mid-major wins a game, especially if it's not a good seed, if they play a powerhouse, getting to the Sweet 16 is like going to the Elite Eight. Going to the Elite Eight is like going to the Final Four, so George Mason has already won the national championship. If they win the next two games, they'll have won the world championship. They'll have to give them a gold medal.

I've always wanted to work with Gena because she's such a wonderful actress. She's one of the elite in this business.

Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing - at least sometimes - without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles.

Technological progress becomes even more exciting when it enters into the service of the social idea which demands that not only a small elite but humanity at large should profit by it.

Right now, we're just in the middle of trying to find ourselves, that's where we are. We're not a bad team but we're not an elite team either. We're in the middle with a lot of other teams. We have to work hard to make ourselves a great team and, right now, we have a lot of hard work to do.

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Our seniors won a lot of games during their careers at Northern. Losing your final game in the region championship one game away from the Elite Eight is a tough place to go out.

Our defensive intensity was spectacular around the perimeter. We're in the elite eight now and we're playing some good basketball against some good teams.

Our entire team of elite professional drivers deserves congratulations for their achievements. They have once again distinguished themselves in the area of safety excellence. Our involvement in the National Truck Driving Championships is always special. The team's dedication to safety, their display of professional skill, and the celebration of Roadway pride and team spirit - these represent the strong commitment to safety and teamwork all Roadway employees share.

Our customers and partners are interested in two things -- innovation and societal impact, ... By gathering this elite audience together, we hope to not only offer insight on new technologies and best practices, but also to provide new ideas for new technologies that can have a positive effect on the world.

Our customers and partners are interested in two things -- innovation and societal impact, ... By gathering this elite audience together, we hope to not only offer insight on new technologies and best practices, but also to provide new ideas for new technologies that can have a positive effect on the world.

People have always doubted us and questioned our intensity. We've gotten used to it. They didn't think we had a chance last year when he had to play Duke and Kentucky (in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight).

The national office being here gets lots of gymnasts involved, ... Their charter specifies that they pick the national and Olympic teams, but they do a lot on the grass-roots and pre-school and developmental levels, not just in the senior elite division.

Once you win more than one, it definitely puts you into an elite group and you are going to be looked upon different. You win one, you are looked at differently. Win two and it takes you to another level.

Not withstanding his protestations from time to time, Jerry is and has been one of the elite power sources in baseball for decades. And that is even truer now.

Once the price is above $100,000, it's for the elite affluent, ... But if someone is offering flights right away and everyone else is talking about flying in five or six years, they'll be able to charge a big premium. People aren't going to want to wait.

Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon -- he is his own player. He brings his own strengths. Johnny was an outstanding, elite leadoff guy and center fielder for us for four years. It's unfair to ask Coco Crisp to fill those shoes. He's going to go and do it his own way.

As good as we've been with this program, we can be better. That's what's exciting about this win. To beat one of the elite programs, it makes a statement to our kids that ... we can be in that elite group as well.

As far as rating him among the elite quarterbacks, he's climbing his way up there. In order to be considered that, you have to win a Super Bowl. That's why when they talk about Peyton Manning, they are always like, 'Great quarterback, but . . . ' But I think he has a great opportunity to do that.

As a result, we have recommended to all elite athletes and teams that it is best to screen athletes for exercise-induced asthma rather than rely on athletes reporting symptoms to their doctor.

The big thing for Texas is that it's an elite class. They selected more than they recruited in state. I can't remember saying that about any teams in the state of Texas.

As long as you're respected among your peers, that's all that matters, and he has my utmost respect. He's proven himself. He continues to reinvent himself. Everything he does on that court, you'd best believe every other player recognizes it. He is a true All-Star and one of the elite point guards.

That pair is in very elite company. I think we've seen more gifted inside-outside tandems, but you'd have to search long and hard to find a more polished pair.

That's what prime-time players do. They want the ball, they want the puck. It's what separates the elite from the great.

A large number of athletes have exercise-induced asthma, ... This does not mean that they can't compete at the highest level as many of our asthmatic elite athletes won medals at the Olympic Games .

You're humbled to be part of one of the most elite groups of coaches in the world. This is good stuff.

This is another loaded schedule. But it's the kind of schedule we need to play if we are going to keep our program among the elite programs in the country and prepare us for what we hope will be another run in the NCAA Tournament.

The Western Zone Championships is an age-group elite type of event,

This government's preoccupation with race has nothing to do with empowering those disadvantaged by apartheid. It has everything to do with empowering a small elite through cronyism and patronage.

This fight will catapult him into the elite and into the rankings. This fight will put him into the public demand. You'll see him on TV after this. He has the desire to be great.

Thirty wins usually only comes with a real No. 1 guy. You have to play a lot of games to get to 30, obviously. That puts me in a real elite group.

They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle.

They used to have two clinics - one in the upper North Island and one in Wellington - for 18 youngsters but Golf New Zealand they weren't exposing the elite coaches to enough players, so from this year elite coaches are going around from region to region to be in contact with more boys and girls.

A lot of people are probably doubting the success of our team so far and waiting for us to falter, and this is a great challenge for us, ... You want to play against the elite and see how you compare.

Although perhaps a disappointment for racing, it is only a temporary one. The prognosis remains excellent for a return to Alex's elite level of competition.

Although Palm Beach's wealthiest residents may not even notice property tax hikes from one year to the next, there are thousands of middle-income working families who will, ... And as California's ruling elite discovered when the late Howard Jarvis began his campaign to pass Proposition 13, it would be a mistake to ignore them." ()

Although he's a very humble kid who goes about his own business, all of the recognition that he's an elite player can only help his confidence.

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They obviously present a big challenge for us. They are not only one of the elite teams in the conference, but they are one of the elite teams nationally.

They dismantled the Sweet 16 and they have eliminated the Elite Eight. That was what every team wanted to do was get to the Elite Eight and play downstate. That was the pinnacle for boys and girls basketball in the state of Illinois. The only good thing I like is that you don't play two games on Saturday anymore.

The year that we went to the elite eight, we ended up 10-6 in the league. So, it's been done before. It's just a matter of how we're going to play.

You can't let this opportunity pass. You've got give it everything you've got for the next month. Man, that's an elite group to go to the Super Bowl.