“[Some of the lands held by Muslims were wealthy. Tariq Ali, the author of] The Book of Saladin, ... Nothing is ever motivated purely by religion or ideology. They wanted the money. It was as simple as that.”

“We're at about where I thought we would be, this is a good group of guys. They work hard, put in a lot of effort; they have a lot of motivation and desire to be better.”

“It's tough. But I have to use it as motivation to take care of my family. My dad and my mom are finally going to see me play together.”

“With my cousin?s situation, I think maybe he got too many breaks, ... You gotta give people motivation to get out of that lifestyle.”

“Frankly, getting paid is the last thing I'm worried about right now. If someone in the future can get us paid, I'll take it, but that is not my motivation.”

“I'm not really sure our guys were focused that much on Edwardsville beating us earlier. I think they were actually more motivated to repeat as champions.”

“The motive is unknown at this point in the investigation. However it is fair to say that the immediate area has been an area of concern as far as drug and illicit activity in the South Troy section.”

“I think it was amazing he was convicted the first time. He lacked opportunity to commit the crime, he lacked motive and he had a real shoddy defense.”

“We've got a motivated player who wants to be here and wants to perform here. Our interests converged - he's here to win and we're happy to have him.”

“If you tell kids to exercise, they don't see it as fun. They see video games as fun. The idea is to use an activity kids find enjoyable to motivate them to exercise.”