62. And I hear you're our new history and civics teacher as well? (Norman:) That's part of the job, ?? as I understand it.
63. You know, if everyone is ?? as nice ?? as you, country hospitality is going to get an awful name.
64. I've known men ?? like you.
65. (When) a man your age comes to a place ?? like this, either he's running away from something or he has nowhere else to go.
66. In over 40 years of looking at the best this state's ever had, I've never seen a better ballplayer ?? than Jimmy Chitwood, there. Never.
67. The coach was kind of ?? like an old man to him, you know.
68. You know, if Jimmy's ?? as good ?? as everybody says he is, I would have thought that a basketball scholarship would have made a lot of sense.
69. You know, a basketball hero around here is treated ?? like a god.
70. You know, most people would kill to be treated ?? like a god, just for a few moments.
71. Well, it looks ?? like you're going to need a little help/
72. I coached college ball for ten years, but it's been 12 years since I've blown this, so I'm going to be learning from you just ?? like you learn from me.
73. In the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win ?? as badly ?? as I did.
74. I've seen you guys can shoot, but there's more to the game ?? than shooting.
75. I'm going to be setting up practices a little bit differently ?? than you're used to, but you'll find out everything has its reasons.
76. Five players on the floor, functioning ?? as one single unit.
77. No one more important ?? than the others.
78. It feels ?? like we're in the army.
79. How do you feel? (Norman:) ?? Like it's my first game.
80. It doesn't look ?? like a preacher's bus.
81. I've been asked, ?? as acting principal, to inform you that a petition's been issued requesting a referendum on your removal ?? as basketball coach.
82. I think it goes a lot deeper ?? than one game, don't you?
83. Look, Sam and Rollin here will pass out the ballots. A "yes" vote means he stays; a "no" vote means he goes. Let's do this ?? as quickly ?? as we can.
84. In late spring those fields are so green it looks ?? like Ireland.
85. I used to wonder what it would feel ?? like to start walking and just keep going.
86. You sound ?? like my father. He thought it strange I ever wanted to leave town.
87. Tough and stubborn and willful and .. (Myra:) Sounds ?? like someone I know.
88. No more basketball games for a while, huh? (Cletus:) Yes. It looks ?? like you're on your own.
89. Oh, a couple months in here and you'll be dry ?? as the Sahara Desert.
90. Your players are playing ?? like a bunch of gorillas.
91. Kick me out of the game or I'm going to start screaming ?? like a mad fool.
92. These guys are ?? like animals.
93. So taking them to Indianapolis and playing in front of 15,000 people is kind of ?? like you and me going to the moon.
94. Most of them have never seen a building taller ?? than two stories except in a photograph.
95. I think you'll find it's the exact same measurements ?? as our gym back in Hickory.

Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois