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.

Because of Katrina, everybody's having a lot of stress, so we thought we have to have it.

Because of Katrina, everybody's having a lot of stress, so we thought we have to have it.

In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't read more

In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't feel like we had any control or say in it, and really we didn't. (Now the) insurance committee will have sole power to bring in representatives of insurance companies to listen to what they have and to make the decision on what insurance coverage is going to be elected by the union and the company.

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of read more

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of large trunks filled with Enron documents were sent [to] Andersen's main Houston office to be shredded,

This lends stability to the company. It's always good to let people know who's in charge.

This lends stability to the company. It's always good to let people know who's in charge.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make read more

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Everybody has a family member or knows somebody who's been locked up, who's been murdered.

Everybody has a family member or knows somebody who's been locked up, who's been murdered.

One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move read more

One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move from another country, with perhaps little education or with a lot of education and degrees crossing over from another industry, all of these folks have opportunities in tourism. Young or old, part time or full time, it needs everyone.

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, read more

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, but we have no projected date for him, ... There's no way he's going to be able to take the ball in Anaheim.