This is politics, raw and urgent, ... What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless read more

This is politics, raw and urgent, ... What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt to destroy the young challenger among the Tory modernizers' camp and to keep the Conservatives firmly on the right of British politics.

We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to read more

We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to play with more confidence and more urgency.

The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.

The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

You don't have to accept it. If you accept it, you're giving up. I didn't understand it when it happened read more

You don't have to accept it. If you accept it, you're giving up. I didn't understand it when it happened to me. Looking back, I think it was good I didn't understand it.

It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop read more

It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop what was going on and also stop any possibility of further problems. I certainly hope this will be the end of it.

[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi read more

[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakers—calls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.

When he came here and turned the program around, I'm talking about the whole city has galvanized behind him. The read more

When he came here and turned the program around, I'm talking about the whole city has galvanized behind him. The thing I like about it is he really brought the city together, the black and the white. You look up to the stands and you'd see all races up there. ... He brought the city together a lot. That's why a lot of people around here hate to see him go, because that electricity seems like it's died down.

This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... read more

This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.