Gap is no longer the innovator – or even the best copier of what is coming into style.

Everybody is looking for the next guy who puts up big numbers in the pro-style offense. If they're going to go that route and develop a quarterback in that regard, they're just more likely to go in another direction. ... It's a combination of things. But at some point, yes, stereotypes do come in.

We play a little bit of a different style than most teams. If we can get things together at the end, I think we can do pretty well.

If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative littérateur, or a musical confectioner, or a painter of fans with cupids and cocottes. Handel had power.

Most major brands in Europe are having a tough time.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.