They stayed zone the whole game on me, almost. Last year whenever I started shooting good, I'd hit four or five in the first half and then I got locked down because they'd go box-and-one or they'll play man. They just stayed zone the whole time and it kind of surprised me.

I felt better last year than I felt today. I didn't really feel it. I probably missed nine or 10 to start out. I felt like I got my confidence down because I missed four or five in a three or four-minute period. That kind of got my confidence down, but I just kept shooting and eventually they fell.

(Smith') a great player. He's so fast, he's the fastest kid I've ever played against and he's real athletic. They played good defense, I have to give them credit there because they shut me down.

Don't be afraid of books, even the most dissident, seemingly 'immoral' ones. Culture is a sure bet in life, whether high, low, eclectic, pop, ancient or modern. And I am convinced that reading is one of the most important tools of liberation that any human being, and a contemporary Arab woman in particular, can exploit. I am not saying it is the ONLY tool, especially with all the new alternative - more visual, interactive and hasty - ways of knowledge, learning and growth. But how could I not be convinced of literature's power, when it has been my original emancipator?

With the release of the 3.2 requirement specification, CGL presents a mature and stable platform definition that builds on strong global deployment from earlier versions. Changes and additions moving forward, as such, will be evolutionary.

Don't waste your time trying to please the world when that's something God himself can't even accomplish.