Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we read more

Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is.

Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you'd want to have dinner with. [On the subject read more

Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you'd want to have dinner with. [On the subject of Mr. Bean].

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to read more

Carlos felt really strong at the foot of the decisive climb, so we put Calvente and Piil up front to set the pace. With about six kilometers to go Carlos hit a bad patch and instead of risking a total meltdown, he made the sensible choice to ride at his own pace and he did actually manage to limit his time loss quite well. The other day Carlos was a bit better than Mancebo and today it was the other way round. The time differences are still very small. The way it looks right now Heras and Menchov are the strongest. But there's almost two full weeks left and a lot can happen in that time.

We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year.

We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be read more

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We read more

The EU-Iran human rights dialogue enables the European Union to work to improve the human rights situation in Iran. We would like to see much greater commitment from Iran to the dialogue and to ensuring that the dialogue results in real progress achieved on the ground. We are frankly disappointed that Iran has not yet agreed dates for the next round, and [we] will continue to press them. Iran's attitude to human rights is damaging its reputation in the international community.

Free throws, free throws. We missed some key free throws and we've been good with free throws. I think today read more

Free throws, free throws. We missed some key free throws and we've been good with free throws. I think today we just couldn't get them in there.

She's a great leader. She's a bundle of energy.

She's a great leader. She's a bundle of energy.

The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now read more

The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now it's more complicated because we probably have more players abroad than ever before.