Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too.

Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.

UNC symbolizes something special. When you get chills you know you belong here.

We knew it was going to be the biggest event scheduled in the history of women's sports, but we didn't ever fathom we would be playing before sold-out stadiums all over the country.

Some people asked me if it was going to be a downer to come back and play on a college team after playing on a world championship team, and I don't think they understand what it is like to play here.

It's flattering if people think I'm attractive. If it helps, great, but it's not going to get in the way of me wanting to win. That's what I'm all about.

It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients.

This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here.

I think there is a special bond between Carolina athletes. A lot of people seem to wear our gear because it is fashionable. They love the colors. It's Michael Jordan's school!

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

Michael Jordan always wore his Carolina shorts under his Bulls' uniform.

And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine.

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.

I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

I'm sure everyone has many types of music that they enjoy.

Working with CGI is more like doing theater where your sort of imagining things. I didn't experience it as restrictive.

every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.

Not many French producers work the American way. In France, the director decides everything, he has final cut. I'm trying to do things differently, without the Luc Besson solution.

We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.