The students had a ‘textbook definition’ understanding of democracy, but nothing in regards to practical application. I was asking what democracy meant to them.

We pull[ed] up to an intersection, I’d say around a third of the way back to the Green Zone and a car pulled out in front of us and blocked our way. After that, another...

I am amazed by the response. There are more volunteers than there are people actually displaced. People stood in lines in the parking lot hoping to get in to have the chance to volunteer.

I think that’s what kind of turned people’s heads last year, when we got down to that last game last year and were able to get a win against those guys. The whole state pretty...

President Kennedy said, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.’ We haven’t gotten that call from our president.

With Brad van Hoff in center, if the ball goes up, it’s pretty much caught out there. The kid can run. Charlie Carter’s one of the best athletes I’ve seen around here at Eastside, as...

The key for us tonight was that we were real aggressive, and the whole team stayed in the game, the whole game. People off the bench were ready, and we got a big help off...

It just happened that the day that I was shot that I actually did have that extra battery still in my pouch, and so one of the bullets actually hit a battery, as if it...

That third inning was huge. We were up 1-0. It kind of gave us a little separation and let us settle down a little bit. We knew that Campbell, coming in, that he was going...

I saw myself as a facilitator. They knew specifically what freedom of speech was — they could give you the textbook definition — they had never had the opportunity to practice it.

It’s the top of the line. If you can play down there, then you’ve made a statement. It’s just a credit to these players. They’ve earned it. They’ve brought this program a long way in...

By the last few sessions … I didn’t even speak, because the Iraqis that I worked with had already taken over the program.

The expectations are probably higher than they’ve ever been around here as far as baseball’s concerned. Last year, with the type of year we had, and having all those guys back, this should probably be...

Friendships are very intense over there. Those that I really came in contact with and became close with — I had the feeling that … they would protect me to the death. And in the...

You walk some people, you fall behind 3-0, 3-1, and then have to throw a pitch that you don’t really want to throw.

He was very brave and I’ll miss him always.

Better now than next week. Right now, we’re gonna see if we have any heart.

It was his cool nature and calm head which instructed the Iraqi police to, you know, take me to the Green Zone, which was able to pull me out of the car and save me...

At first, I thought it was a prank.