I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and read more

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.

You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters read more

You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters are not worried about the margins they make on toys. How can you compete against that?

You have a transition to a warming trend. Because it's switched to warmer weather, we've seen the weather markets sell read more

You have a transition to a warming trend. Because it's switched to warmer weather, we've seen the weather markets sell off and of course, the natural-gas markets sell off as well.

We kind of panicked a little bit.

We kind of panicked a little bit.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

It's a problem of timing for us. If the world championships were held earlier we would have time to get read more

It's a problem of timing for us. If the world championships were held earlier we would have time to get all of our judges up to speed. The men's trial in January won't be affected.

I can't stand accessories.

I can't stand accessories.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

We just wanted to get the win for the four seniors ... We wanted them to go out with a read more

We just wanted to get the win for the four seniors ... We wanted them to go out with a big bang and for us to have momentum going into the Big Ten tournament. But I think our team is still there.