I am trying to paint a picture of hope. They have always been a teacher whether they realize it or not.

When you begin to do things that raise the achievement of the poorest and disenfranchised students, you may not always get applause. You need to be ready for that.

I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.

I am trying to get into shape for the season. I hope to be fit for the Sri Lanka series.

We've been trying our best to make sure that we have. We feel that we are, we hope we haven't missed anything, and if we have, we'll take care of that.

I hope that they recognize that Susan was trying to defend herself. There was no malice in what was going on.