We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in read more

We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in the top 10 this year, we would be disappointed.

Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? read more

Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?

Access to cash is paramount now. It's absolutely critical.

Access to cash is paramount now. It's absolutely critical.

The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.

The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.

We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've read more

We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've played in many years.

We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in read more

We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ourselves.

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

It's definitely going to be a positive for the bottom line, but we're talking pennies here. All of this is read more

It's definitely going to be a positive for the bottom line, but we're talking pennies here. All of this is gravy.