A moment that surpassed sport entirely.

A USA Today editorial lauding the "pure courage" of Kerri Strug's "Olympian vault on a blown ankle." The editorial continued: "[It was] a moment of human alchemy in which character, loyalty, or sometimes even profound fear produces a genuinely superhuman feat."

I'm bitterly disappointed in the president. He had gone from the 'Great Communicator' to the 'Great Capitulator.'

Sierra Club founder DAVID BROWER, who believes President Clinton is not sufficiently environmentalist. Mr. Brower complained of Mr. Clinton's approving legislation temporarily suspending federal regulations that would allow the harvesting of thousands of acres of salvage timber in northern California.

Murderer, lesbian fight for custody in Florida.

Headline on a Reuters story about a Florida child--custody battle in which the divorced couple-one a convicted killer, the other a lesbian-is awaiting an appeals court ruling.

I'm not trying to restore an image. I'm not trying to get back what wealth that I lost. I'm trying to do one thing. I'm trying to go to heaven.

O.J. SIMPSON, speaking to members of Los Angeles's Brookins African Methodist Episcopal Church.

You know, this is really something. This guy didn't just have a fling; he had a 12--year affair. He's a repeat offender-and as governor no less. That's arrogance of power! But I still don't think it will destroy him. He's too slippery to have anything like this stick.

Former President RICHARD M. NIXON, speaking of candidate for president Bill Clinton, as quoted by a former aide in the Random House book, "Nixon Off the Record." The aide, Monica Crowley, was a foreign--policy assistant to the former president from 1990 until Mr. Nixon died in 1994; she took notes of all her conversations with Mr. Nixon.

You cannot be a leader in education and at the same time be the pliant pet of militant teachers' unions, currying favor with the very same vested interests who are fighting reform.

BOB DOLE, criticizing President Clinton's unswerving support of the National Education Association, and unveiling his school--choice plan for vouchers that taxpayers could use to defray the cost of private education.

God has control of all the natural elements. What did they say when Jesus calmed the storm? They said 'Even the winds and rain obey Him.'

The Rev. JEROME FEUDJIO, addressing residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands who had gathered to mark Hurricane Supplication Day last week, a holiday devoted to prayers for protection from the storms during the summer hurricane season.