While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

I surround myself with people who make me laugh.

It makes sense that seniors would be invited to a discussion about the prescription drug benefit program. The White House did not select all the invitees, the center did, and much of that has to do with space.

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.

I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.