Our team is a long way from being set for Germany. It will take time.

Our team is a long way from being set for Germany. It will take time.

We always try to be positive with the kids. The girls played a lot of tournament golf over the summer read more

We always try to be positive with the kids. The girls played a lot of tournament golf over the summer and where down here two times. I think it helped us handle the pressure. To be 45 strokes better and tie for second tells you how tough a field it is. It's almost unbelievable. I couldn't be more proud of the girls.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here read more

When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here to win championships and go to the NCAA tournament every year. And that's my job now as a senior to make the guys coming up behind understand that going to the tournament every year just doesn't happen. You've got to earn it.

A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas read more

A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.

It was a big deal for us — all those corny things kids did in those days.

It was a big deal for us — all those corny things kids did in those days.

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and read more

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

She's like John Havlicek right now.

She's like John Havlicek right now.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.