11.   No NBA player can thrive in that state of confusion.

12.   Other players thrive on the in-your-face challenge presented by the Jacksonville song, he said.

13.   Some players thrive in pressure situations by, as Dent said, turning it up.

14.   The Bruins are in the Eastern Conference championship mix, the town is alive, and the players are thriving in the invigorating atmosphere.

15.   The decompression may be rough on him, but his former players are thriving in the real world, and so should Dean Smith.

16.   Tiger is on record as saying he welcomes adverse conditions on any given day because in such circumstances only the best players will thrive.

17.   Players thrive on that support.