It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.

It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.

Presevo is about 90 percent ethnic Albanian -- it is a very tense place, I have been there myself -- read more

Presevo is about 90 percent ethnic Albanian -- it is a very tense place, I have been there myself -- it lies in a strategic valley,

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than read more

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because read more

You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.

I'm elated, just relieved it's all over,

I'm elated, just relieved it's all over,

On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we read more

On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we catch the ball, we have to be very strong with it. Quick guys usually have quick hands and step in the passing lanes.

We wanted to keep the speed and stability of a longer ski but make it a lot more maneuverable. It's read more

We wanted to keep the speed and stability of a longer ski but make it a lot more maneuverable. It's just all about the surface area. All of our skis are shorter than most, but they have the same surface area -- and that's what determines the speed and stability, the actual amount of ski on the snow.

Adam was looking for a comedian to do a 7 o'clock show. Two years ago, I was up for a read more

Adam was looking for a comedian to do a 7 o'clock show. Two years ago, I was up for a 10 o'clock show at another hotel, but I didn't want a 10 o'clock show. It isn't my crowd and I didn't think it would work.

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked read more

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.