Their defense is outstanding, they’re getting a lot of offense from their defense.

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You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality

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I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure. by Michael Malone

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

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There is nothing more profoundly serious than real comedy, which is an affirmation of human communion, redemption and grace.

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As Gloria Steinem said about Ginger Rogers: She was doing everything Fred Astaire was doing, just doing it backwards in high heels. Well, Southern women are doing and enduring what other women have to do and endure, but (at least until recently) they had to do it in heels and hats and white gloves and makeup and a sweet smile, with maybe a glass of bourbon and a cigarette to get them through the magnolia part of being a steel magnolia.

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Outsiders think of Silicon Valley as a success story, but in truth, it is a graveyard. Failure.. is Silicon Valley's greatest strength. Every failed product or enterprise is a lesson stored in the collective memory of the country. We not only don't stigmatize failure, sometime we even admire it. Venture Capitalists actually like to see a little failure in the resumes of entrepreneurs.

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We have always believed that excluding students from admission conflicts with our institutional values and principles, it is now clear, after further consultation and deliberation, that we can adopt a less restrictive policy.

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It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.

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I apologized to the team, i have to control my emotions. I cannot put them in a position like that. I’ve got to be better than that. That’s something I felt bad about.

That was just the Herbert Jones highlight show in transition, we’ve got to try to slow him up.

After what happened last week with trades, you never know what’s going to happen, it’s never an easy transition. Trade calls, physicals, and when you’ve involved three teams, you’re also waiting on other people’s timelines as well.

I ’m proud of our guys for competing, competing and playing the way we did, we gave ourselves a chance and we’re severely undermanned. I applaud our guys' effort.

I do my sub chart for every game and at the bottom of that are the guys that are out, you see, ‘ Jamal Murray, out. ’ You see ‘ Michael Porter, out. ’ You see.

I have no doubt that he’ll be able to shoot himself out of it as long as he’s taking the right shots.

They’re a very good team. We know them extremely well and they know us, we'll need our starting five to play with a lot more urgency and care and compete than they did tonight.

To do it as efficiently as he did it is really remarkable, that's an incredible stat line.