'Someday you'll thank me for this. I wondered about that for a while. Then I understood what she meant. I think she realized she was such trouble, and so incapable of being the wife that I wanted, that eventually I'd be happier with someone else.

When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and if you believe in someone up above, I think I was meant to play tennis.

thank god i,m a country boy.

These are horrendous developments, whether you're a human or if you're a bird. Everyone wondered what would happen if avian influenza came to Africa, but no one really prepared. They waited. Now it's there -- and this is not the most organized continent in the world.

One of the things I respected about Connors was that one second he would be spewing a four-letter word, the next second he would do something that had people falling off the aisles. Yet he never seemed to lose his concentration.

His experience and work ethic is a wonderful example for the rest of this squad. This is a very professional bunch of players and I am confident in our team spirit - we will be well prepared for the task at hand.