He did away with this fiction of the European interest being the same as the German interest. You can talk about national interest in a much more relaxed way today. The time was ripe for this and he acknowledged it. ... Schröder and Joschka Fischer, his Green foreign minister, deserve credit for giving Germany a more 'normal' foreign policy.
That game we won last week was for pride, dignity and the city of New Orleans. That's how we have to finish the season, with that same mentality.
During the last three years, Schroeder has revived Germany's close relations with France in ways that damaged ties with the United States, the UK and the countries of central and Eastern Europe.
We can't be an up-down team, we've just got to be a solid team to stop the run throughout whole year, because I know we've got schemes and players who can get to the quarterback on third-and-long.
You got to think about Thanksgiving, Christmas . . . we're going to be in a new environment, ... We're used to going over to each other's house and eating. That's going to be the hard part.
We don't have a lot of guys doing P.R. work here. We're always making fun of each other. We really like to make fun of how each other's bodies are made.
George Bush's charm offensive did work. It was aimed at governments and he did well at that level - that is important because foreign policy is decided by governments, not by public opinion. He did talk up the EU and they did shift slightly on Iran and the Middle East.
Then again, we go back to the old Saints where we made a couple mental mistakes - let them get out there on a long run.
Germany will not be able to restore its position as one of the EU's natural leaders so long as its economy continues to stagnate.
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