As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so read more

As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so pleased that she agreed. Marie-Laure is a great friend, she has a huge amount of experience and she will bring a lot to the team.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

We don't charge any dues for our club. We drew randomly to produce a koa bowl, calabash style, and we read more

We don't charge any dues for our club. We drew randomly to produce a koa bowl, calabash style, and we sell them in the education room here. That's how we make money for our normal expenses of functioning. There are 34 calabash bowls on sale strictly for club revenue and the rest of the show upstairs is strictly for personal enjoyment.

I was happy. We played average at best in the beginning, but when we went down 6-5 we got some read more

I was happy. We played average at best in the beginning, but when we went down 6-5 we got some rhythm going in our offense and scored the next four goals.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up read more

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona... I understand what it is to be vulnerable, and I understand what it is to be strong. So anybody who bashes 'sentimental' is missing it. I've seen the toughest guys in the world cry. That macho thing is an old folktale. I'm not afraid of it at all.

The first thing they wanted was a shower and a change of clothes. People had been wading through floodwater in read more

The first thing they wanted was a shower and a change of clothes. People had been wading through floodwater in the clothes they were wearing, and then had to live in them for days at the convention center. They smelled like urine, feces, and death, but they had to wait in line to be processed and then find a bed and then they could take a shower.

Fortunately this game was against Dixie. It wouldn't have meant as much otherwise.

Fortunately this game was against Dixie. It wouldn't have meant as much otherwise.

I don't see that conversation going that way at this point.

I don't see that conversation going that way at this point.

He was deeply and fundamentally Irish. But we know that at one point he also became French. He loved France, read more

He was deeply and fundamentally Irish. But we know that at one point he also became French. He loved France, he chose to live here, he wrote in French. It's why we're here, French and Irish together, to pay tribute to this great man.