34 Quotes by Evan Thomas

There's only so much you can do when you're using loaner equipment from the universities.

It sounds funny to say it, but when I was getting ready to try out, I was thinking that I really wasn't going to have to work that hard to be what I needed to be - flirtatious, outgoing, crazy and fun.

I knew it couldn't get any worse. You've just got to trust your stuff.

I had confidence in the team, but I got a little nervous. But I knew once Malcolm fouled out we had it, because he's their whole team.

Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice.

I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.

I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting their extremists take them straight down. The same thing is going to happen - they had to disappear for a while and when they reinvented themselves they did it with moderates, they did it with Tony Blair.

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways.