It took a few minutes to set in. This was a long time coming.

It wouldn't really do me no good. You can be bitter and do something stupid. But you've got to live, and that's the bottom line. ... It's really not going to do me any good to be mad and go off about it.

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

It's a lot more than that, but ... I don't want to get into it at this time.

It's always a bit of an anxious time. In swimming it comes down to one event. There's not a whole lot of room for mistakes. You've got one shot, and that's it. It's an intense time, an intense preparation. I'm really pleased with how we look in the water right now.

We have for some time believed that Schering was the ideal partner for moving into specialty pharmaceuticals. We have two excellent German companies coming together.