I've given up trying to predict what will happen in the short run.

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"I've not given up on them because I see they have ability but they really have got to knuckle down for the rest of the season and when they come back for pre-season, " added Roeder.

BBC: Roeder challenges young Canaries

"It's been a long time but I've never given up hope and never will, " he said.

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"I've already given up drinking, smoking and motorcycles, " he said.

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"I think I've been given a better opportunity than some of the other girls, just because I grew up in Scotland, where there's absolutely no women's hockey, " she says.

BBC: GB's Olympic ice hockey dream

As a kid you grow up wanting to play for England and lead your country out and I've been given that honour of being able to fulfil those dreams.

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