It's no secret that Maori issues are important to me. I can't hide that - I was the leader of a Maori party! People say that you have to be absolutely unbiased to hold a debate but I believe that's nonsense. I think everyone has a bias; it's how you handle that bias.

I think it comes and goes, ... It all depends on the situation at the particular time.

I knew that I could play, but I knew the business of the game. They are going to look to the younger guys first.

The game is going to be a shoot out. Us being in the finals shows that all the hard work the girls have done is about to pay off in the end. We have not played our best game. I hope we're saving the best for last.

I'm not slowing down. Remember, I never wanted to leave, and it was just a matter of getting picked out. Things happen a certain way, but you have to keep pushing and keep making the most of your opportunity.

On several incidents already, she's helped me a lot to be able to interpret what people are trying to tell us.

I agree with the other City Council people that I was disappointed in what the mayor said because I thought it was understood what we were going to do, and he didn't say anything about it during the meeting. So he blasted us in the paper.

I was told New Orleans... wanted to go another direction. Through it, I learned a valuable lesson... That's the nature of the business.

The lady didn't stop. She just ran into him. I guess she had a turn signal, but she should have stopped with all the lights flashing.