“At some point you have to come...

“At some point you have to come out of your corner. What message

would it send to my players if I didn’t stand up for my good name?”

-- John Emme, Corona del Mar High baseball coach, after being

awarded $700,000 by a jury in his lawsuit against the parent of a

former player who had twice sued him regarding Emme’s coaching.

“Let the entertainment begin! We have here, from all the way

across the continent, the Macedonian maidens. Those Macedonians sure

know how to shake it!”

-- Maxwell Newson, the 9-year-old Newport Elementary student who

plays King Arthurin the school’s production this weekend of King

Arthur’s Quest -- A Knightly Tale of Magic.”

“This is one of the biggest moments in this orchestra’s history.

Knowing I’m going to be standing on some of the greatest stages in

the world, I have great anticipation. It’s almost too much to

handle.”

-- Carl St. Clair, music director of the Pacific Symphony, on news

that the orchestra will conduct its first European tour in 2006.

“What happens is the restaurants and the businesses down there

lose a lot of business. People leave.”

-- Tod Ridgeway, Newport Beach City Councilman, during discussions

of how the city will solve parking problems on the Balboa Peninsula.

A solution could cost between $6 million and $12 million.

“If we start off with a jury who believes one of these defendants

is a jerk, everyone gets sucked into that vortex.”

-- John Barnett, an attorney for one of the three teens accused in

a high-profile rape trial, arguing that the trial needs to be moved

from Orange County. A judge last week denied the request for the

move.

“I grew up being told I could be anything I wanted to be, and so

far, I haven’t found that to be untrue.”

-- Brittany Schick, a 21-year-old political science major at UC

Irvine, who is one of 12 recipients of the George J. Mitchell

scholarship, which the U.S.-Ireland Alliance gives annually to

deserving students aspiring to graduate study in Ireland.