24 Quotes by Chris Ellis


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    Fortunately, I've been doing it for a while now, so I'm strong enough to keep my mind on what we've got to do and give them a little earful after the play is over, ... When they're more worried about me, and chasing me all over the field to get me back, then I know I've got them. I know I'm doing my job.

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    He was a superior athlete in the rec league. He was a superior athlete in high school. And he'll be a superior athlete here. You know how pilots like to fly and doctors like to save people's lives? Well, Xavier likes to play football.

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    He had a little fight in him, but I wouldn't want to feel like him in the morning. He didn't want to get up. I was surprised that he came back out there after that. That just showed me they didn't have anybody else because nobody would want to endure that much pain.

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    He gives you that look, and you're out of it for a whole practice. He spooks a lot of freshmen out with that.

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    It has been an ongoing investigation since September, and now we have enough evidence to arrest Mr. Stokes.

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    Out here, we all have something in common. Now I'll be here for our senior season.

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    I think losing all those games humbled us. But winning these two makes us understand where we can go as a team. Already, we've gone from zeroes to bracket-busters.

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    Those possessions we contested (shots), everybody blocked out and that led to our run. When you stop a team and they're taking contested jumpers, that frustrates them into making other decisions.

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