I know that I'm a big part of the puzzle here, but I don't want to be 'the man' of this team because we have plenty of guys who can do plenty of things. A lot of people make a big deal about being labeled the No. 1 receiver in this offense. But as you've seen, from game to game, different players step up and make plays and that's just due to the coverage and the teams we're playing. |
I lost my father to colon cancer but am happy to say I have several family members who are long time cancer survivors. Everyone needs to be pro-active and know the various warning signs. We still need to find the cures, BUT early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle. |
I love Indiana University. I think it is an exciting institution and it has been a privilege to serve it as its president. Also, I think there does come a time in everyone's life when you have to address the question of what's important at that point in time. So, I will have fulfilled my five-year obligation and at the conclusion of that period, I want to turn my focus on my family. |
I made the comment at the time that he was better in person than he was on tape and I thought he was pretty good on tape. He runs hard, he's extremely competitive. ... He shoots over his left shoulder, he shoots over his right shoulder. And he's got a lot of quickness. He, along with Sylvester Seay, are two impressive freshman athletes. He is going to be a force to be reckoned with. |
I realized I didn't want to be president, ... The first part was, I didn't want to deal with the media and with the nay-sayers that were saying soccer would never make it. The second part was I had gotten tired of some of the developing attitudes of the professional players. Some of these guys who are making 75 thousand bucks a year, and they're complaining about making appearances. |
I really do believe Monday night's game will be great for college basketball. Larry Brown 's Pistons last year made a statement in the NBA about playing the game a certain way -- sharing the ball, being a team. .... I'm hoping the way we play, the way Illinois plays, that people will decide that truly is what's most important, not just one guy shooting or one guy high-flying around. |
I really think we're going to be a contender. I have no doubt about it. Even with as many new players that might make the lineup, the championship isn't until the end of April and we'll have a lot of time to work and develop their games. I think the tournament will be an interesting shootout and I'm interested in getting out and playing with them (the league) to see how we stack up. |
I remind them of a few games that got away from us and the mistakes we made in those games. I remind them of the three years we worked to get to this point and the sacrifices they made over the summers and everything the team and the community did for us and we don't want to have brain freezes once we get out there. They have never backed down from a challenge since I've been there. |
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: Why this is Christmas Day! |
I started reading this book about two months ago, because we meet once a week so it takes a while to get through it. So two months ago I started reading it and the young girl came back and said 'I got the book, I borrowed it from my teacher at school and I'm reading it.' The next thing I know she was done, so she was trying to tell the story as we were going along, but it was great. |
I still remember watching on television when Gary McSwegan scored a brilliant equaliser against Marseille that put Rangers on the way in the Champions League in 1992. And I went to a few of the Celtic home games in their run to the UEFA Cup final two years ago. It is the goals that you remember. Scoring them in Europe is a great way to make a name for yourself and get the limelight. |
I studied mathematics fairly broadly and I was fortunate enough... also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties. So I was prepared actually for the possibility that the game theory work would not be regarded as acceptable as a thesis in the mathematics department and then that I could realize the objective of a Ph.D. thesis with the other results. |
I think in past years Nebraska's always got their best shot when they go into Columbia (Mo.). There have been some great games in the last 10 years there. You know we're going to get their best shot. They need this win just as badly as we do to stay in contention for the Big 12 North. They came off a big win last week, and they think they'll beat us, so they're going to be fired up. |
I think it starts - we always start in the state of Michigan. And we did not recruit a large number of guys from this state this year. It already is apparent that next year will be a very good year in this state. We start here, but I think our coaches did a great job. I was in 16 states in 15 days in January, and so we were spread out, and yet I think we've got an outstanding class. |
I think it's a big disadvantage because I think you need to be playing. It's one thing to practice. ... About six or seven years ago we had a similar situation. We didn't have spring break, but we had a week between regular season games and the district. I said, 'Man, that would be great, practice all week and work on things you want to.' We were flat as can be going into districts. |