I put the house I share with my partner, Eric Webb, into a trust to keep it out of harm's way, legally. And I arranged to have the Jewel Box Theater cleared of liability. But the Jewel Box owners weren't convinced. They didn't want to be involved in anything that had been found illegal in a court. |
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I saw like a crowd gathered around and then like I could see like a white kid in the middle (be)cause he was kind of tall and I guess it was a whole bunch of Asian dudes who were getting ready to fight him. And maybe there were some other white kids, I'm not quite sure. But I just saw him get hit. |
I say it's a reflection not just on me but the whole program. It's something the whole program should be proud of because not just one person can do it. You have to have the parents, the coaching staff, the students and the support from the community and I really think we are starting to get that. |
I spoke to him early the week following the pardon, and we had a relatively brief conversation in which he affirmed to me that he had made this decision on the merits and expressed a concern that we make sure that people understood the basis for the application and the merits that were before him, |
I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll never coach again. It's still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it's hard to just be a fan. But it's easier now than it was the first two or three years. |
I still think he's got a little bit of a stinger in that shoulder so he's going to continue to get treatment on that and ice it down more for precautionary reasons than anything. Right now, he's just trying to prevent that thing from flaring back up and going back to where it was at the beginning. |
I still want to manage here, and I'm satisfied that George feels he still wants me to manage here, ... I had to not only hear it, but (also) hear the tone in which it was said.... I'm not asking him to change. I just wanted, for my own satisfaction, to find out if he still trusts me with his team. |
I take this as a first step. It's not the way I wanted it to go, but you just got to keep going and keep pushing. I'll watch the tape [Wednesday] and see if there's anything I can do mechanically. I felt like I was prepared and I felt like I battled my tail off. It was just of one of those nights. |
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I testified why I thought it was important to keep this funding. A 25- to 27-percent decrease next year would just be devastating to our community development department and what we are trying to do. On top of the city general-fund problems we're having, there would be no way to absorb these cuts. |
I think Albert's coming forward is incredibly courageous, and a rarity, if not a first. It's been part of our concern that people have the impression that all of these victims were part of a strange underworld, when the vast majority of them were abducted against their will and tortured and raped. |
I think back then, the coaches kind of looked out for each other. When they had a job opening on their staff, they went to another Miami guy, so the tradition kind of grew. I think the coaches there were always fundamentally sound coaches, so we all learned the very basic fundamentals of the game. |
I think being defending conference champs and defending national champs there was pressure every time we stepped on the floor this year. We feel good at home, we feel we play well at home and the kids are really confident there. We like our chances this weekend, just like every other team, though. |
I think being jacked up for games helps because you play harder when you are really into it, ... Sometimes I might go over the edge with it. Sometimes I might get an unsportsmanlike (conduct) or unnecessary roughness (penalty), but the coaches can deal with that as long as I am playing my hardest. |