14 Quotes by John Blackburn

Religion is the opium of the People. She had been made to repeat that parrot-wise when she was a child, but since living in England she had come to consider Karl Marx a dull bigot and had started to take an interest in the occult. But Meg's fluttering hands and crazed confession told her that the slogan was true. Religion and the supernatural were drugs: mental poisons to kill reason and create insanity.

Look at my daemons, peasant.

We were tougher today in facing the adversity, knowing that it is going to come and how you deal with it. A good example was in the two doubles match and Chris Thomas pulled a muscle in his abs. He didn't quit and kept battling and that was probably one of the biggest matches today.

This win was important; it puts us towards our goal of 10 wins. The purpose was to improve from last season and finish at least .500 to help turn the program back to the winning side.

I was surprised at our play in doubles against Samford. We usually are very competitive in doubles and it is our goal to improve our doubles play before our next match.

We are focused on our double play. And we are improving on tactics and point construction in singles.

Jill did a great job of getting the team to gel and mixing the old players with the new.

When I first came here I didn't have a single expectation for anyone. But I saw right away that Jill had great leadership potential in addition to her outstanding athletic ability.

We competed well in non-conference play and have had solid practices.