The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the read more

The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the other families.

I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message read more

I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message as doing everything with style and panache.

Overall we had a great team effort. It was good to get the win under tough conditions.

Overall we had a great team effort. It was good to get the win under tough conditions.

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end read more

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

All the infrastructure that has decayed, deteriorated and been obliterated has to be rebuilt. The situation that created the great read more

All the infrastructure that has decayed, deteriorated and been obliterated has to be rebuilt. The situation that created the great players was unfettered access to courts.

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy read more

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.

We wanted to get someone else some work at the catcher spot, just in case one girl happens to be read more

We wanted to get someone else some work at the catcher spot, just in case one girl happens to be struggling. These girls are so new, I'm still finding out what positions they can play.

To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just read more

To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just from Mount Sinai ? I think are going to represent Division II at the tournament in a very positive fashion. We have some very tough kids and I think we're going to do well in the states.

That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they read more

That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they handled it very well and last Friday they played it well.