I'm speechless and so happy to be in the finals. As a kid, I always looked up to people above read more

I'm speechless and so happy to be in the finals. As a kid, I always looked up to people above me to see what they could do. I think I passed some of them, most of them, and I'm happy about that.

It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be read more

It's just neat to be part of the story now. I know if my grandfather was alive today, he'd be very proud.

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible, has led read more

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible, has led either to sheer irrelevancy, the famous knowing of more and more about less and less, or to the development of a pseudo-scholarship which actually destroys its object.

Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family read more

Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family life. She was able to get her kids off to the school bus and have her business wrapped by the time they came home.

In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't read more

In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't feel like we had any control or say in it, and really we didn't. (Now the) insurance committee will have sole power to bring in representatives of insurance companies to listen to what they have and to make the decision on what insurance coverage is going to be elected by the union and the company.

Writers are typically self-conscious at the time of their first publication. But once they are continually published, their confidence continues read more

Writers are typically self-conscious at the time of their first publication. But once they are continually published, their confidence continues to grow.

I think he does have that potential to be a good enough player on a team that's trying to get read more

I think he does have that potential to be a good enough player on a team that's trying to get to the next level. Even if he is, realistically, he's not going to be there in the next year. It's going to take a couple years for him to develop into that. Garnett, as great as he is, is still going to take a lot of shots on the perimeter. The point guard is even more critical on a team without a dominant post presence.

I have been on this team for four years and this is the first time we have beaten Fallbrook. Guys read more

I have been on this team for four years and this is the first time we have beaten Fallbrook. Guys from past years who used to be on this team kept telling me that we wouldn't be able to do it, so it's nice to show them that it could be done.

There's a lot of good memories with that, too.

There's a lot of good memories with that, too.