John Hammond Quotations

You have to be involved internationally to compete these days. If not, you?re going to get left behind.

He's way too intriguing to pass up, ... And with Steve Francis there already, it really makes it very simple.

There are thousands of examples of that, ... That's what makes the blues so special, so unique. Musicians add their own take, their own color, their own feeling, to existing material.

Someone deserves some credit. I know Carlos gives a lot of it to his dad.

It's certainly on our radar for priority. We'd like to get something done by training camp.

more rain at the end of the week, but nothing on the scale of what we have seen.

Any NBA player, any international player, obviously has a contractual obligation to their team first and foremost. And all the national teams are aware of that and, of course, in agreement with that. Their jobs and the team that they're playing for is their first responsibility and they're all very aware about that.

The conventional wisdom that this is somehow political suicide I think is off-base. Conventional wisdom is that it?s political suicide but it is not thought through because the issue for everyone is how soon the public can be educated fully on the benefits of this program.

We've had cases in Maryland this year, but we haven't been able to connect any to the Midwest outbreak.

That's about all we can and want to do right now -- study the situation and see what's shaking loose around the league. We certainly hope to find somebody who can fill the bill, but we're going to be pretty selective.