Why aren’t these fantasy novels on display somewhere in my house, where there are a thousand-plus other books stacked across a dozen bookshelves? Because bookshelves do more than just hold up our books. They speak to how we see ourselves, and more obviously how we want others to see us. This is a part of my makeup I don’t always show.

He didn’t believe in luck but he believed in bananas.

He's probably upset, devastated. This was his last chance to beat Navy. Erik has been such a loyal contributor to this basketball program ... that's why it's also hard to lose this game here for him, too.

It was a total bad team defensive effort. Our team is not going to win giving up that many points because we don't score 80 points a game.

I think we showed a lot of character today as a team. Though out the game, if we had a two-goal lead, we didn't slow down and we stuck in there mentally.

He didn't believe in luck but he believed in bananas.