1.   He replaced Danny Wuerffel, the Heisman Trophy winner and perhaps the most admired player in school history.

2.   I admire players like Tim Duncan and Karl Malone and John Stockton.

3.   Sloan admires players with that same toughness, from his former Bulls teammates to Malone and Stockton Monday.

4.   Unlike women, who psychologists say tend to admire individual players, men tend to concentrate on the team and a sense of oneness.

5.   Dundee had refused invitations to play for South Africa, saying he grew up admiring Bundesliga players like Klinsmann and Thomas Haessler.

6.   His enthusiasm is shared even by one of his less admiring players who had complained about not getting enough playing time.