`I’m looking for one more ring. And the day after the parade, if there is a parade, I’m going to vanish to the golf course forever. Don’t call me, I’ll call you.’ — Michael Jordan, as reported by Bob Verdi, a senior writer at Golf World and Golf Digest, in his Sunday column in the Tribune’s SportsTalk.
PRESIDENT CLINTON, COMMENTING ON WASHINGTON SUNDAY: `I don’t believe our national government has always been the best neighbor to the city of Washington. We are committed to becoming a better neighbor.’
`Gotta Deadline?’
Question come-on of Web site on the Internet called School Sucks, which offers “Click here for research papers on-line.”
`This is the most important piece of real estate in America.’
— Rebeca Rimel, president of the Pew Foundation, describing a $30 million gateway mall area for the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
`I knew exactly what was on the line.’
— Nick Price, on his thoughts before making a 12-foot putt Sunday to win $1 million, golf’s richest prize, in Sun City, South Africa.
`The distribution system is overflowing with product, quickly reducing its value.’
— Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg, reporting Sunday that the average price of gasoline nationwide has declined slightly in the past two weeks.
`It sounded like a car crash.’
— Ray Bermudez, a cook at Checkerboard Gourmet, half a block from the Madison Avenue office building in New York City where nearly a ton of bricks tore loose Sunday afternoon, causing debris to rain down on a street filled with shoppers and slightly injuring a child.
`If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.’
— Luciano Pavarotti, 62, after saying that he has no regrets over leaving his wife of 35 years.
`I am the voice of saved souls.’
— Yitzhak Mayer, Israel’s new ambassador to Switzerland, who was a 9-year-old refugee when he found comfort in a Swiss village.
`Whether you use your card on the Internet or in a store, your protections are the same.’
— Carolyn Bretschneider, a Visa spokeswoman.
`The trend is good for my clients.’
— John McFall, a Dallas lawyer who represents management on labor and employment matters, on court rulings that have allowed dismissal of high-paid older workers in favor of young, cheaper employees.
`We were just sitting there when the whole building started to shake. We couldn’t understand what it was. Then we heard a big bang.’
— Marina Krevsova, a survivor of the Saturday cargo jet crash into an apartment building in Irkutsk, Russia.
