"It's good to have these sort of problems."

"I knew Shane would do that for us. He loves that sort of occasion, and Brett bowled his heart out."

"I wouldn't take him at 60 or 70 percent fitness. He has to be right to bowl not just on Thursday morning but every morning of the match."

"The opening bowlers in particular were fantastic. Brett Lee is a top-class bowler and it's great to have him back in the side, as well as Andrew Symonds. We have some momentum now."

"We batted steadily enough to post a good total, and then Brett and the rest of the bowlers did a good job for us."

"With the amount of fast bowlers we've got in this squad at the moment, we'll look to rest players at different times."

"He said 'Let them all in', and at the end of that night my wife Daphne and I went up to the committee room and we walked across and raised a glass, because it was one of the great moments in our lives to that time and it remains as such."

"It was not enough matches, so many mistakes. Like I've said, you need to get the rhythm back. It doesn't come straight away. It's still a long way and I have many things to work on. I hope it will come back soon."

"I'm more excited about getting past the Chiefs and moving on forward from that."

"a champion for the underdog who was the same kind, gracious man no matter how far he rose in Congress and in life."

"We're demanding President Bush make a commitment to the American people that he will not pardon Scooter Libby, who was involved in this mess, nor will he pardon anyone involved in this mess,"

"we can get to issues that are certainly more in the form of a crisis than a program that has enough money to have it in the form it's in for the next 50 years."

"It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene,"

"It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene. Mr. Brown simply doesn't have the ability or the experience to oversee a coordinated federal response of this magnitude."

"I welcome that debate. One would have to search long and hard to find a bill, in my opinion, as bad as this."

"To try to limit debate on this most important matter that Senator Feingold is trying to put before the Senate is not appropriate."

"But there is nothing disrespectful about an open and fair-minded review of a nominee's approach to the Constitution and his commitment to core American values like equality, privacy and fairness,"

"We must protect this fragile compromise from those intent on gutting this bill."

"Unfortunately, today's event only served to highlight the fact that the president refuses to engage in a frank conversation about the realities on the ground."

"First, 2006 should be a significant year of transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with Iraqis taking more and more responsibility for their own security."

"We have spent two months - two months - dealing with basically five judges, all of whom have jobs."

"It's like running up your credit card bills today because a fortune-teller predicted you'd be rich in 10 years. When the bill comes due, you can't pay with a prediction."

"Leaking classified information to discredit White House critics, the vice president is behind that,"

"It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House and refused even to open an investigation. We cannot effectively legislate on the NSA spying issue if we do not know the facts, and we will not know them if the Republican-controlled intelligence committee persists in refusing to do its job."