This agreement was the result of a full court press and that doesn't mean it's going to work.

When he became coach, the national media was here for his first press conference, and it has continued in the time he's been here. There has been more national exposure and contact with national media than we've ever had in Texas Tech athletics.

We just couldn't handle their press and we shot terrible. I thought our shooting and the inability to handle the press were the keys to the game. The first three minutes of the third quarter made a huge difference, too.

They have no reason to reach an agreement. They're only there to stop other people from achieving one, or to express their ideological views. Some groups have had legislators in them; they don't have an interest in the outcome, but they feel strongly about how things need to happen.

The fact (that) those hard-liners were able to roll out those missiles in public in Iran sends a signal, I think, to the Iranian public and the rest of the world and Israel that says 'Look out,'

Sharon has reshaped himself as the ultimate centrist Israeli prime minister.