If we're making progress, there's no reason to have a hard deadline. If we're not, Melvin feels very strongly that he doesn't want this to linger past Opening Day.

That's an additional six months of rehab and healing. To us, it's a no-brainer.

Bonds is making good progress and returning this season is possible. There is no reason why he won't be on the team in 2006.

We're in a very strong position [in the Championship]. And there's no reason why we can't progress. It's a good division, very competitive, and anyone from the top six can win it. This is a big club and deserves success.

We're a work in progress and that's the reason you play in these type of tournaments, to learn how to do different things. Today was learn how to hold the ball and unfortunately, we didn't succeed as much as we wanted to.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.