There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the read more

There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the numbers with 20 seniors and many underclassmen that are going to play key roles.

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

This team is not soft. We've got guys who have a little edge about them, and you like that.

This team is not soft. We've got guys who have a little edge about them, and you like that.

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began read more

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began collecting in a more serious fashion about then.

Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? read more

Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?

We call it the ripple in a great big water.

We call it the ripple in a great big water.

I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of read more

I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, read more

Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time.

I don't think I have the chance to be making this team, but I think it's more of a learning read more

I don't think I have the chance to be making this team, but I think it's more of a learning experience just going in and having fun and watching the other guys, seeing what they do and just kind of get a feel for what I have to do to get to this level,