The things that have really struck me are just the overwhelming support from the communities and the churches themselves, ... read more

The things that have really struck me are just the overwhelming support from the communities and the churches themselves, ... People have provided aid to these families even before the government's been there to help them.

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a read more

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a way, it's been nice because we're all learning and growing. Once we got past the stage where we were making errors, we started to understand what we are capable of doing. There's always a chance.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to read more

In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to put hazardous waste materials.

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths read more

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths a year. Moreover, children who have never seen the inside of a classroom are precisely those that face the most acute poverty, and should be the prime target of the international community if it is at all serious about realizing the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

We're hungry right now. We're coming off a loss in a game we believe we should have won. We're hungry read more

We're hungry right now. We're coming off a loss in a game we believe we should have won. We're hungry for another win now.

I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car read more

I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car and I think over the 15 days we were the better all-round outfit. It's a fantastic feeling to win the Dakar. I experienced many highs and lows in my skiing career, but this is so different.

Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves read more

Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves on to a next sentence until he's perfectly happy with one he's written before. So he'll struggle with the opening paragraph of a chapter for weeks. This is laborious, not to mention painful.

You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.

You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.