I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along.

I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along.

I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate.

I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate.

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that read more

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

This has the potential to be a seminal film. That's if people dig it, and I think they will. This read more

This has the potential to be a seminal film. That's if people dig it, and I think they will. This is a film with a universal message. People who are 12 and people who are 45 will get something out of it that they can take back to their own lives.

He is holding up as well as you could imagine. But I can't discuss anything else until the board meeting read more

He is holding up as well as you could imagine. But I can't discuss anything else until the board meeting tomorrow.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies.

It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies.

To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the read more

To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting. We didn't lose because of a lack of effort. We lost because of a lack of execution at critical times.