Freshman Quotations

In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college.

I was born and grew up in Phoenix, and I left there when I was 17 to go to Interlochen Arts Academy - a boarding school in Michigan - for a year, and then I went to college for a year at The Boston Conservatory and landed the 'Spring Awakening' tour midway through my freshman year, which was pretty cool.

Arizona was the best place. I like the competition in baseball, and the football program has been great for the past five years. I think I'll be playing as a freshman in both sports, and I think I can play with them.

I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named Miki Vukovich. Miki and I were the only skaters in our high school. He runs my foundation now.

Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company.

Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played on the Boys and Girls Club team in my freshman and sophomore years of high school before I made the high school team. I was our backup center in college.

Growing up, I was a little hippie kid. I went to some good concerts... Amnesty International with Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman... The best concert I ever went to was this one at the Cow Palace my freshman year in college on New Year's Eve. It was Pearl Jam opening for Nirvana opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.

I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate.

I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad.

My worst hairstyle was a bowl cut parted down the middle. It was the '90s. It was what you did. I had that from 4th grade until freshman year in high school. I'm glad the pictures exist. I had great hair back then.

We've got very large freshman class, it's historic in its size, so there's people that are extremely diverse in their backgrounds and their viewpoints. I think that we're going to see a conservative group of people coming together, focused on some real ideals that are going to be extremely important.

I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, and I was so passionate. I just loved acting so much that I decided to switch majors and pursue acting.

My mom didn't believe in putting chemicals in hair. But when I got to college, we didn't have A/C in our dorms freshman year. So after several days of waking up looking like a Chia Pet, I was like 'OK, I'm gonna get a perm.' And then my hair revolted and fell out. I was over that quick, fast and in a hurry.

I went to high school, and I started getting bullied because I was very weird. I mean, freshman year I went to school in a pirate suit - I just didn't care. I'm not like the cool girls - I'm the other girl. The one that's basically a nerd, but proud of that.

I just talked to a young lady, a freshman at Santa Barbara. She's taking a course, and 'Moneyball''s one of the required readings. This young lady could dream of one day becoming a general manager.

I was 23 years old, a freshman at university, and there I was, on the first day, sitting in a remedial English class. I was so ashamed I almost got up and left, but somehow I knew inside that if I ran away from this, I would hate myself forever.

Read at a time when everything feels intense, seminal, and like you're the first person to discover it, freshman year of college, Carol Gilligan's 'In a Different Voice' made my hair stand on end with awe.

A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.

By the time I arrived for my freshman year at Swarthmore College in 1979, I had already had many seizures, although my family, friends and I did not know it.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

Do freshman philosophy classes nowadays debate updated versions of the age-old questions? Like, how could a merciful God allow AIDS, childhood cancers, tsunamis and Dick Cheney?

I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.

When I was a freshman living in the dorms I went home a lot, but now that I live off-campus I really can't stay home for a long period of time.

When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.

When I was a freshman I came off the bench and just gave the other post players a break when they needed it.

When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.

We're starting a freshman and four sophomores, and we can't make three big errors in one inning against a team as explosive as Gloucester.

We're going to score some runs this year, you can count on that. Timmy is a big key to our club, but we have a really potent offense overall so we'll be quite all right. We've got a good freshman core and the big hitters to drive them home so I like our chances. We are going to compete for one the top spots in our league and before this year is over, they'll know the names of these guys.

We're going to play these games in 2006. By that I mean, they're not freshmen anymore. When you play a freshman in the first or second game of the year, you kind of watch with a hand over one eye. This far along in the season, they're athletic enough, they're smart enough and they're tough enough.

What he did his freshman year shows how tough he is. Everybody likes the motor he plays with. It's hard to find guys as big as he is who play as fast as he does.

We brought a freshman in, and he might have changed some attitudes of a lot of guys.

What's really nice about having freshman is that you don't expect much of them. So when they do good, it's an added bonus.

We're going to have to take care of business. We've gone through the up and downs when these kids were freshman and sophomores, and improved on what we did last year. I couldn't have asked for a more enjoyable group, and this is where they can make their mark.

(USJ) showed us a lot of our weaknesses today. We've got some basketball players we're trying to turn into volleyball players, and we've got several freshman playing for us.

We're expecting a lot better sales due to the large freshman class. Also, we are looking forward to the football season when things cool down and we get into 'pizza weather,'

We're just really close, ... Ever since freshman year, we've gotten closer and closer, especially through the battle back and forth. We motivate each other on the sidelines. Everything's good when we're working together.

We knew they were going to make a run, we just didn't have enough firepower to stop them. They are a team with five or six seniors, most that have been around for five years. We are a team that usually has two or three freshman on the floor. And, we didn't have our point guard.

When I was an undergraduate at Princeton, freshman year, first term, I ended up in the course on Plato's Republic. That book just captivated me - not because of the answers, and the answers can be somewhat unsatisfying, but because of the questions, the way you went at it, the methods, the kinds of questions you could ask, the different answers you could get. That's why I'm still fascinated by that book.

Wow, it's over - four years flies by. It seems like just yesterday, I was a freshman and we were beating Quincy. Now it's over. It was fun year, though. I wouldn't change anything.

We're right there. I don't think we played a very good game. Errors. We were a little young (with three freshman starters) early. But we came back, we fought back. I was proud of the way we fought back.

We've got eight freshman who are eager to play but we only had three spots open.

We have a solid team coming back. I was really impressed with our freshmen. They turned in some big scores at the OCC and at the district meet. Being a freshman at the district meet didn't seem to phase.

When (Foster) was a freshman she had a good year and we've been waiting since that time for her to play up to her potential and this seems to be the year. She's taken on a leadership role with our team. It wasn't quite expected, but she's stepped into the role.

When he got a rebound, nobody was going to take it away from him. For a freshman to go in and make that kind of a stand is very significant.

The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

We're an experienced team. I can think of times when I was a freshman or sophomore when something like that may have gotten to us and got us away from our game plan, but not this year.

We were disappointed after the first round, but we came back strong and it is good to leave with a win. From freshman not making state to winning it and second and now consolation. We pretty much got them all. It has been a great ride.

When I'm tired, my chin goes up and that's something that I need to work on. I need to get more mentally tough. (Wallace) has been on me about it since my freshman year.

We're just trying new stuff. You've got to make some changes, give the young kids a chance. You saw three sophomores and a freshman out there tonight. Some of the younger kids put in a lot of time during the summer. We're shuffling people in. It's tough.

We're graduating Gabe, and that's an enormous number of points to lose off a team, and we don't have his equivalent in junior high or in the freshman or sophomore classes.

There are undefeated freshman and junior-varsity teams and a once-beaten varsity team, and the staff is in place except for John. The nucleus is there. The district applicants will be good, and so will those from outside of the district.

When I looked in the faces of the senior class, this is the class as freshman that had nine wins and 20 losses. People gave up on us, but they (the seniors) didn't.

When the Taylor girls won it, it was great because it was a senior and a freshman winning. Madison's a junior and Natalie's a sophomore, so they have next season. They played very well. They were aggressive and they didn't let up. Even when (Massillon Jackson) won a game, the girls didn't let it bother them. ... This is what you work for.

We want to make sure the first time someone straps on a football helmet isn't in August of their freshman year. We've had some youth programming, but it's been piecemeal. With the new plan, we're trying to coordinate this.

We're sending more kids off to college than we ever have before ... it's one of our biggest success stories. But look how many of them never get past their freshman year. They're just not ready for it.

We're excited because we've been together since freshman year. I feel really comfortable with those girls. ... The thing we're concentrating on is getting as many girls down to state as possible. We're really big on the team aspect. I'm gonna run mostly relays because I want to help get as many of my teammates down there as possible.

Man, did the freshman come through with the game on the line.

Like every freshman entering college, he's going to have to mature. He's going to be in battles every day.

Luke is the best freshman libero in the country. He'll be a key player for us.

Last year was pretty much another freshman year for me, and early on I was fine. But then once we got into conference, in those pressure situations, sometimes I guess I got too nervous.

Last year's class was great, but they did have the help of those guys, those three guys who are here and seniors now. And what made it really challenging for these three is . . . we had to play a lot of freshman and a lot of new guys. And last year we rarely played a freshman in a game like this. We didn't have to go that deep.

Last year, we were disappointed because we didn't get in, but I think it has been good for us. From our freshman year to now we've learned.

Scott and Groves both ran well in their race. It was a very talented freshman class.

So far the freshman have latched on pretty quick. Our team is young, so it's all still a work in progress. But everybody is catching on and the girls a pretty excited for the first meet.

She's the best pitcher we've had, by far. Back in her freshman year, she was the first pitcher we had . . . we could call any pitch on any count, and even as a freshman, you were 60-percent confident she was gonna hit her spot.

She took so much pressure off us as freshman and sophomores. She was really the focus of the offense, so I saw a lot of open shots, but that changed last year. When she left, it took a lot more work to get open shots.

She's won two state championships (in high school). In those two championships, she made the plays to win the game. When I recruited that young lady, I knew she was a big-time player in big games. She's had a hard freshman year. She got injured and she got sick. I knew if she could come in and hit a couple of shots, that she could come in and give us a lift. That's the kind of player she is. She played one of her best games of the season.

She's averaged 22 points a game over four years. From her first game as a freshman through her last games as a senior she's averaged over 20 points a game. She's a great practice player and really understands the game.

She's a two-guard. And to her credit, she only had (59) turnovers. That's pretty good for a freshman coming into the WAC and playing as many minutes (29 per game) as she does.

She's a strikeout pitcher and knows how to locate her pitches. She's not playing like a freshman right now, she's hitting her spots and moving the ball around.

She's just a little freshman who doesn't know any better - she just comes out and runs hard every time. That's exactly what we need.

She's having a great season for us. Not only has she come in as a freshman and taken over the No. 1 spot at singles, but she has also excelled at that spot.

She's been our starting shortstop since her freshman year. She's an excellent power hitter. She has great range and a very strong arm. She has the softest hands I've seen.

She's been kind of the heir apparent, I think, ever since she got here freshman year.

She's been a varsity starter at least part-time since her freshman year. She's a smart player and a real tough competitor. I think she's added a pitch. Now she's got more to work with.

She's got a pretty mean stare on her. She's got big shoulders, she's strong, and she doesn't take any crap on the court. She was not the person I wanted to be guarding in practice my freshman year. I was intimidated by her.

She's one of the only freshman on the varsity squad and she's been able to pull off amazing feats between the last meet and this one.

She's off to a great start of her freshman year and we're really excited at how well she is playing.

She's doing a great job for us. Being a freshman goalkeeper is not an easy position to be in. She needs a little more experience but she is playing hard.

She's already tournament savvy. Players like Susan and Sarah and (current junior) Rachael (Johnson) had the same talent level at the beginning of their freshman years, but she has some experience behind her, too, so she's probably a step ahead. So she may be better, which is a huge compliment to her.

On any given day one of those three are going to be second. I was real pleased the way Charles Myers ran right with them today. Tim Smith was there too. I hate losing those seniors, but next year we'll have Tim Smith and freshman Steven Reynolds.

Some of it is we need to fill numbers, but the bigger side is this is a very talented freshman class. Regardless of class, we want the top nine or 10 guys in our program starting on the varsity level. I want to reward those kids who work their butts off.

She grew up. I told her this is the stage everybody wants to be on. She's not a freshman anymore.

She came in and enjoyed some success as a freshman and sophomore and then she got voted as a captain. She's been a tremendous leader, a solid performer and we're going to miss her bright smile every day.

She has been training very well and is maybe the most improved athlete we have from last season and definitely the most improved of those who went from being a freshman to a sophomore. She is a person on our team who we have to keep healthy to continue to have strong meets in the future.

She did phenomenal for anyone, but for a freshman to come in and ... win those is a great accomplishment.

She had that goal since her freshman year and she finally did it.

Since I started my freshman year, the 400 hurdles was the event I wanted to be a national champion in.

Since my freshman year, this is all I've wanted. Especially after last year (losing to McAuley in the final). We came so close.

She's a freshman with three years' experience. We've had her since seventh grade.

She's a freshman and still new to Division I. We made sure to know their plays and we have a good idea of how she's going to play. I get the pleasure tomorrow of marking up on her and I'm going to make sure she knows who Boston University is and that a freshman isn't going to come out and score on this team.

She played really well. That's a really good freshman they have.

She is only a freshman and as the season's gone, she has gained confidence. Right now she is on fire. She is tearing it up from the downtown, but it takes more to win.

She is kinda on a roll. Last game she had eight assists and two turnovers, and to run our offense as a freshman is phenomenal.

She lettered as a freshman, and not that many freshman letter for me.

She might be the most naturally talented player we've got. She has a natural instinct for the game. She started getting more confident through freshman year and scored some big goals against quality opponents.