Word Up


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, February 11, 2005

"I just got it and was like, 'You know what? I'm tired of missing layups.' To be honest, I didn't even know where I was. I just saw the rim kind of in the corner of my eye. I was like, 'Whoever's there, I'm sorry.'"
- Channing Frye, UA men's basketball center, on throwing down a two-handed, rim-rattling, Adams-like dunk during Arizona's 90-72 win over Stanford Saturday

"Arguing about music is like dancing about politics."
- Jon D'Auria, of band Camp Courageous, quoting Thelonius Monk

"I'd probably be in medical school; probably be working."
- Jason Hammel, one-half of indie pop group Mates of State, on where he'd be without his music

"We were so inspired by Kassandra. She could have asked for anything, but she asked for her hospital to be made over."
-Diane Korman, coordinating producer for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," about Kassandra Okvath's video request to remodel the University Medical Center's Blood Marrow and Transplantation Unit. Okvath, 8, had spent eight weeks at the BMT as a patient

"What happens when I'm stressed? I'm a total bitch."
- Adriann Ranta, sophomore majoring in English and creative writing, on the effects of stress