The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months.

That was the first time people noticed me in the U.S..

Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.

I noticed that. Their coach told me I was going over the time and that's the first time anyone's said I was taking too long.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

The same way every time. We've never made it to the second game (of the final). It's always the first game. What beat us was we didn't hit the ball. On defense, you've got to give our guys credit. We played with a lot of heart. There were lots of times they could have scored two or three runs, but we kept battling and battling.