He's Mike McCoy, his own player. He's trying to be himself.

The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write a great book. But if we remove that from the equation, it's the same impulse and they are equally entitled to their ecstasies and their despair.

Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail then you're afraid to try.

This is a mayor who has reached out to every part of the city, every community, and is trying to make improvements for everyone in the city, ... And it's a shame that Mr. Ferrer's campaign has to get into the divisive and negative tactics that failed him in the past.

We're trying to change the culture here. They got into a passive defense that believed that offense would win it all and the defense got soft. We want to be a hard-hitting defense. What I want is for people to know this defense is tough. If we can come out of this camp with that attitude, I believe we'll be all right.

My heart was pounding, my mind was racing. I'm trying to keep an eye on where the hell we were going.