The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. read more

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Every pitcher in America's going to say, 'Darn it, that shouldn't have been hit.' But he hit my pitch.

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, read more

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.

In the meantime, hopefully we can have a fruitful conversation with the government to get his release, perhaps under conditions read more

In the meantime, hopefully we can have a fruitful conversation with the government to get his release, perhaps under conditions they can impose. We are pleased. This is what we envisioned as going to happen from the beginning.

We got the looks that we wanted. The shots didn't fall.

We got the looks that we wanted. The shots didn't fall.

The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses read more

The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses in the town.

I guess some of this was brought on myself, my stupidity. I don't know if it was naivety.

I guess some of this was brought on myself, my stupidity. I don't know if it was naivety.

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left read more

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.

We're not quite where we want to be right now. But we'll give them everything we have.

We're not quite where we want to be right now. But we'll give them everything we have.

It doesn't seem like very long ago that we were the new kids on the block, and really tried to read more

It doesn't seem like very long ago that we were the new kids on the block, and really tried to claw our way up from the rear of the pack, so it's a very exciting feeling for us to come in and be as confident as we are.