It is the gift of stories that most repays life among settled people.

We knew that we had a height advantage. So we wanted to get a lot of quick hitters in the lane. Jake did a great job at getting me the ball.

They don't realize, but when we hear them chanting our names and yelling stuff about our school, that gets us going. They don't understand that.

Australian Aborigines say that the big stories — the stories worth telling and retelling, the ones in which you may find the meaning of your life — are forever stalking the right teller, sniffing and tracking like predators hunting their prey in the bush.

You know, everybody has all kinds of stories,

You know there are going to be Cinderella stories, but you just don't know which teams.