It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking read more

It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement--what I call kicking the tires.

It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they read more

It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they had to do.

is not something that we own and that we can give out to whoever we want, to our friends, to read more

is not something that we own and that we can give out to whoever we want, to our friends, to those who suffer.

When we beat them the first time, some people thought it was a fluke. But then we beat them again? read more

When we beat them the first time, some people thought it was a fluke. But then we beat them again? We proved to people we could play and that gave us confidence heading into states.

Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no read more

Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no birds. If you saw something move, it was either a dog or a cat. They clung onto trees. We would bark like dogs and the dogs would bark back at us. I took a speakerphone to amplify my voice.

There are actually people there starting to try to rebuild and they need as much support as they can get, read more

There are actually people there starting to try to rebuild and they need as much support as they can get, ... We wanted to go where there are smaller towns that were hit hard and are depending on church groups.

When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.

When you play with the big dogs, you're going to get hurt.

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, read more

[Among the demands attributed to Lopez in the gossip pages: a dressing room fitted out with white orchids, white walls, a white sofa and an endless stock of Evian-room-temperature only, thank you. So when Lopez went AWOL in winter 2000, the warnings seemed prophetic.] I lost track of her, ... It was a huge job, and all the meetings were either rescheduled or canceled. I thought, 'This is going to be very difficult.'

Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.

Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.