I learned from each of them, Jim, Joe and Steve about the positive things it takes to run a football read more

I learned from each of them, Jim, Joe and Steve about the positive things it takes to run a football program. They taught me it takes not only hard work in recruiting, but building mental toughness. Football is mental as well as physical. It starts with each person believing they can get the job done.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

We wanted to cover our bases.

We wanted to cover our bases.

We were down, and for some reason, they just tried to shoot our way back in it. That's not what read more

We were down, and for some reason, they just tried to shoot our way back in it. That's not what we wanted to do. That's what they wanted us to do.

We didn't understand why they were waiting.

We didn't understand why they were waiting.

We were planning on the lowest figures projected. This [delay] doesn't affect us. It just delays your chance to start read more

We were planning on the lowest figures projected. This [delay] doesn't affect us. It just delays your chance to start looking at [free-agent] players.

I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can read more

I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can do it. I feel grateful the university has been so good to me and my family. I have a chancellor that has been very supportive of me, and his cooperation on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. I think that is very unique to have a situation like that.

But there was a dead silence that morning, right across the land as far as you could see. We shouted read more

But there was a dead silence that morning, right across the land as far as you could see. We shouted 'Merry Christmas,' even though nobody felt merry. The silence ended early in the afternoon and the killing started again. It was a short peace in a terrible war.

Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too.

Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too.