We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends.

There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.

I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.

The only thing that bothers me is that I am in good health and that I am able to play football.

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

Portland doesn't read like a basketball town, unless you remember what the NBA was like before it exploded into the mainstream in the Eighties: back when cities like Seattle, Baltimore, and Philadelphia moved the needle.

Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography.