Whether it's against a giant or against a pip-squeak, a loss is a loss, and so there is no way around it. We let a giant off the hook.

[While Hatch blames the loss on last-minute opposition whipped up by President Bill Clinton, the White House differs.] What really cost Senator Hatch, ... was the leader and his party indicating that this was a deal-breaker and he would pull the budget resolution down if the Kennedy-Hatch amendment passed.

You reduce your loss, reduce your cost, [that's] fair. But you don't sent it to a guy who has to drive 20 miles to send his kid to school.

We had a very preliminary discussion. All we have done is respond to an inquiry.

I told someone this summer, 'If we keep playing these I-A games, eventually we're going to get somebody.

To beat those teams, it takes an extraordinary effort, and a devil-may-care attitude. We all come into the game free-wheeling. What do you have to lose? The check isn't going to bounce.