We want everybody to be one of the top players in the league, and it's not out of the realm read more

We want everybody to be one of the top players in the league, and it's not out of the realm of possibly to do that. We've got all the ingredients. It's just a matter of doing it.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

NATO is not moving to the Pacific. NATO is not moving anywhere.

NATO is not moving to the Pacific. NATO is not moving anywhere.

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality that has not yet been read more

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality that has not yet been obliterated by its highways and gas stations.

The field conditions were terrible and the girls were freezing cold, but they were able to overcome that. Their game read more

The field conditions were terrible and the girls were freezing cold, but they were able to overcome that. Their game came together and they played really well.

[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.'

We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than read more

We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than 10 points and suffered nine league losses by five (points) or less. We could never get over the hump.

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That read more

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.

I don't think there was any doubt at all. We were probably a little nervous when we were down by read more

I don't think there was any doubt at all. We were probably a little nervous when we were down by about nine, but we're a fighting team and weren't going down without a fight.