Bill Clinton

I think so. In the basketball years--in the basketball season, excuse me, people understand it when I cheer for my home State team or for my alma mater, Georgetown. And when I was a kid, interestingly enough, in Arkansas, the St. Louis…

Yes, but only--not in school; I played church league basketball, softball, baseball, but you know, everybody that grew up where I did wound up loving sports.

My school didn't have a team, but we had church league and Boys Club. We had all those. I played in some of those teams when I was a kid. I loved it.

I do quite often, I do. I watch the games when they're on, especially at night. When I come home late at night and I'm kind of keyed up and I don't want to go to sleep, I often watch the games that are on.

I do. And this has been exciting, you know? It's great to see this new Baltimore team. You know, they've got a chance to go all the way. And yet, if my count's right, all their RBI's go to Mr. Ripken today.

But I'm very proud of them. They started 4 freshmen and made it to the Sweet 16, so I think they did well. It was a great tournament this year, I think. Everybody who watched the games must have felt it was a great tournament.

Actually, I asked him about it when they were--when the Braves came to the White House for the World Series, and their starting--you know, their big four were all there, and they didn't seem too worried about it. They were ready to roll.

But, I mean, the pitchers are fabulous. So they'll do fine. But it just interested me that they are going to have a little extra handicap there. And of course, visiting pitching staff will as well. So they--arguably, it will be a fair…

I told--I went down to see the umpires before the game, and I said that I really wanted to see them because they were the only people in the country that got second-guessed more than I did. [Laughter] So I like those guys. I'm for them…

Yeah--[laughter]--believe it or not. We threw about 20 balls together, and then I threw about 20, 30 more balls down there, just fooling around. And then I came out and put a jacket on and a cap on.

Look at the flag blowing up there. You'll see how hard the wind is, though, and you don't feel it in here, which is good.

She was here. She's a little jealous that I'm here today, but she had to go to school today. [Laughter] You know, she and her mother just took a wonderful trip. They went to see our forces in Bosnia, and then they went to Turkey and…

So I asked him if he were baiting me. He said, ``No, no.'' He said, ``If you don't want to go out there and do what you're supposed to do, it's all right with me.'' [Laughter]

Yes. He baited me about going out on the pitcher's mound because last year I stood in front of the mound and started-- [laughter]--so he said, you know, ``That's what that mound is there for. You're supposed to step up on top of it.''…

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Well, I hope they are. I was encouraged by some statements that came out of both sides in the aftermath of the election. And so I hope that is what is going on.

Thank you. Mr. Pepper. That really completes the comments that we wanted to have the group make, and we'd obviously be glad to expand on any of that, or if you have any comments.

That's fantastic. Sister Fleming. And we're looking forward to the same thing continuing. So I think for the underscoring of what has been said here today through the training and mentors and work with young people, like Nate here, a…

Were you on the school board when this happened? [Ms. Ingram replied that she joined the school board 2 years after the corporate involvement began in 1991 but that some educators were still skeptical that corporate methods should be…

And does each company essentially take one student? Mr. Laws. We have two. We've taught enough volunteers--we have two mentors on site, actually formed two little teams, one for administrative and one for operations, where Verneilya will…

Do they all like it? [Ms. Britten replied in the affirmative, saying the program was giving her a head start on a career. Mr. Pepper next called upon Paul Laws of W.R. Grace, Ms. Britten's supervisor, who said that the program benefited…

That's terrific. Thank you. [Mr. Pepper introduced Taft High School student Verneilya Britten, who related her experience in the Taft Career and Academic Program, training to be an administrative assistant at W.R. Grace.]

That's right. Mr. Pepper. You know, this is just relentless promotion if we go all around. That number is 475-4959, if you can't read it. And we literally have 700 youngsters right now who have held up their hand and asked for a mentor…

So it's virtually unlimited. So if you had a thousand more adults in the community who would do it---- Ms. Mazuka. We have a thousand youngsters----