31.   International pressure on the parties to find an agreement remains intense and diplomats remain optimistic that all the players are still talking.

32.   It has been traditional for a player to talk to the team after the final practice of the week.

33.   It reached a point this week where some players talked of ignoring Karl to get the job done.

34.   Just the other day, his players were talking about how brutal his practices are.

35.   Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy sat next to Sprewell as the player talked about his return.

36.   League officials expressed disappointment that the players would be talking only with each other, rather than the league, this week.

37.   Many ABL players talked, some were in tears.

38.   Louisiana State players talked of being stripped of their competitive intensity.

39.   Most college football players will talk about how they ran, lifted, ate and maybe worked at the local lumber yard.

40.   Near the end of the game, Edwards put his arm around Jasper on the bench and the two players talked.