The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes.

People talk about the prestige of beating records but prestige never bought me dinner in a restaurant. It's winning games that does that.

I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for.

Nine months of misery.

Referees don't come down here with a particular flavoured shirt on.

At the end of the day, it's all about what's on the shelf at the end of the year.

If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding.

He's carrying his left leg, which, to be honest, is his only leg.

Truth is neither in the scripture nor in the words of prophets. It is in your heart, feel it, discover it and expand with it.

I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was a very thin one.

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.

After each war there is a little less democracy left to save.

No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them?

Don't worry about a sugar planter. Give him a horse and he'll ride to his own funeral.

It's not for the writer to say whether the thing is successful or not.

All god wants us to do is do what he asks us to do.

There is only one boss. The customer.

When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.