I can`t say to myself, `I haven`t had a drink in 15 years, I could have a glass of champagne and be OK`. That might be true, but history says when I opened that bottle of champagne, I sat there and drank it until it was gone. People who`ve been through what I went through are always going to be tempted. I enjoyed drinking and I enjoyed taking drugs. But I have to remind myself every day that I can`t have a drink.
- Samuel L. JacksonThey took me to the World Series and sent me a letter and said a lot of people would be getting rings, and I thought I`d be one of them, ... But I`m devastated I didn`t get the ring. I don`t want it to be sour grapes about the thing. It`s just that everything went so well, and the final step would have been to give me a ring. I had it earmarked for my grandson.
- Charles CarrollI thought the competition wen;played was pretty good. We`re playing in the Central Region, which I thought was extremely competitive. But all at once, there is not a single at-large bid from the Central Region. We had the kids in the classroom to watch and we were so upbeat.n;But it was dead silence (when then;field was announced) and the silence said it all.
- Astin Villarreal