We had our Cup day on a Saturday during the Sydney Olympics and it was an enormous success.

[Several events have been planned on the sidelines of the exhibition; in a 3-day conference held from 29 September-1October, 250 people participated, among whom 40 presented essays and 5 to 6 were Iranians.] The seminar, I hope, reveals some results of studies on Achaemenid religions, administration, and military affairs, ... though there is not any speech on the languages of the era.

It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that … the ghosts you chase you never catch.

She learns that every day you're not going to win, but every day I can give my best. That's something that will help her be able to manage her life well, learn how to get up after falling down.

Even if I?m not feeling well that day, the other guys will step it up big. Usually when we are setting everybody, we play up to our ability.

Who knows what it will be next week, ... They go from day to day, so they don't know much more than I do.