Good peo­ple drink good beer. Just look around any pub­lic bar­room and you will see: Bad peo­ple drink bad beer. Think about it.

I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.

To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully.

Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink. We were, after all, the cream of the national sporting press.

On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.

I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.

As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.