Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into read more

Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over read more

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.

We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. read more

We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. A sense that the legacy of the rule of the gun can be resisted is now taking root.

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.

I just slipped. It was a little wet, and I couldn't dig in. But, I should have made the play.

I just slipped. It was a little wet, and I couldn't dig in. But, I should have made the play.

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm.

You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm.

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him read more

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.

What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the read more

What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the visual context and the intellectual framework - that to me is the art of photography.