Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the University of Louisville Cardinals, who went to a second straight Final Four this season and returned home national champions. Going into the NCAA tournament, the question was whether the Cards' stifling defense would be enough to win it all. Well, we'll never know, because the country's best defense became the best offense too, shooting 52 percent to a tournament best 79.5 points per game. That's more than crazy. It's ``Russdiculous.'' They said he never met a shot he didn't like; but during the past month, Russ Smith hardly took a shot he couldn't make, setting Louisville's new tournament-scoring record and earning the respect and affection of a city. The All-American, regional MVP, and defensive phenom no longer cares who's scoring, as long as the jersey reads Louisville. When these guys say the team motto ``Louisville First, Cards Forever,'' they mean it. We saw it when the team rallied around their injured teammate, Kevin Ware, as he courageously repeated, ``I'm fine, just win the game,'' before being carted off the court during the Elite Eight. We saw it when they came together to ``Win for Ware.'' But before that, the Cards won with Ware. On this team, Kevin was one of eight Cardinals to score double figures in a tournament game. That doesn't even include the players who set this team off on some of the year's most unlikely and electrifying rallies.…”