Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee read more

Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee Lewis when I thought no one was around to correct me.

Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the read more

Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm trying to push the other guys, too.

He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.'

He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.'

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, read more

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, a white sofa and an endless stock of Evian-room-temperature only, thank you. So when Lopez went AWOL in winter 2000, the warnings seemed prophetic.] I lost track of her, ... It was a huge job, and all the meetings were either rescheduled or canceled. I thought, 'This is going to be very difficult.'

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.

Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions read more

Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions and information and the second one is the intimidation of those who make complaints against public officials. In my opinion, there is no doubt that these phenomena are more than allegations, but have in fact considerable basis in reality.

The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.

The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living read more

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and desperately require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.

I didn't throw a good ball, ... ...That's the sort of turnover you can't give up at crucial times.

I didn't throw a good ball, ... ...That's the sort of turnover you can't give up at crucial times.