“Every day I get up, I believe that I’ve got to make a better product than all the other guys just to stay alive. As long as I have that fire in my belly, I think I’ll make great products.”

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

From Register Staff

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Napa High Sports Boosters to charter buses to football playoff game Friday

Napa High School’s Athletic Booster club has organized a charter bus to Friday night’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I semifinal football game between Napa and Elk Grove.

SACRAMENTO — Gregg Popovich could hardly believe Beno Udrih’s name hadn’t come up before the game.

OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors had every excuse to get trampled. They were exhausted after a successful East Coast road trip, and they were trying to keep up with fast-paced Phoenix in their first game back home.

PITTSBURGH — A terrible field and dreadful weather caused the Dolphins and Steelers to rewind to a different NFL era, a time when points came at a premium and one field goal could decide a game.

From The Associated Press