The exciting thing is that even though we dug ourselves a hole, we're still learning how to win.

She's a lefty, and that takes other teams a while to figure out. She's a good shooter with great ability around the basket, and she knows how to grab a rebound. This year we're also going to have to count on her stepping out for us more.

I was really discouraged, but going to the women's team was a great learning experience. I worked out. I became a better player and I listened to what Coach (C. Vivian) Stringer told her guards.

It was a good learning experience.

[On the morning of Sept. 11, Read awoke to the sound of his mother's tears. After learning what had happened in New York City, he joined a task force of rescue units that began arriving from New Jersey within a half-hour of when the North Tower was struck. Read reached Liberty State Park, 15 minutes after the first tower collapsed. At the scene, rescue crews created a staging area and field hospital with other units. The group included 250 ambulances, 100 surgeons, 50 paramedics, 50 nurses and 350 emergency medical technicians.] It was an impressive staging area, ... We had everything we needed. Organization just sort of happened.

It was a learning experience. Back then the equipment wasn't quite what it is today. One hundred feet down the run there was a little gully -- and we all ended face first in the gully.