She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to read more

She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to the tune of $10,000, $18,000, $11,000 in cash.

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay read more

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year … read more

I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year … It was pretty powerful.

But if you ride your bike a mile away, she is not gonna find you.

But if you ride your bike a mile away, she is not gonna find you.

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.

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd read more

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd like to see a transaction in the early part of 2006, but whether we will or not, frankly, depends on the sellers.

We are quite close to a common definition of safe harbor principles.

We are quite close to a common definition of safe harbor principles.

We can't give them extra outs. We're not going to score enough runs, where we can give a lot of read more

We can't give them extra outs. We're not going to score enough runs, where we can give a lot of extra outs, meaning errors.