ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe -- you can't take a taxi.

ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe -- you can't take a taxi.

It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed read more

It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed with plays coming in every 20 seconds is what we needed.

We dug ourselves a big hole tonight. These are good kids and I love these kids and it's not like read more

We dug ourselves a big hole tonight. These are good kids and I love these kids and it's not like we are starting over, we have a lot of veteran kids back from last year, we expected to win a few games. It's not easy to start 0-2 and starting 0-3 is a lot worse. Praise the Lord we were able to pull this thing off. We were in an absolute funk and I didn't think we were going to stop No. 5 (Curtis) all night long, he was the man out there.

Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates.

Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates.

Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is read more

Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is the threat of conflict which can establish peace.

I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry.

I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry.

Morgan does that basically every game. We put her on their point guard and we tell her to pressure without read more

Morgan does that basically every game. We put her on their point guard and we tell her to pressure without fouling, play good defense. When she does that, it puts the ball in someone else's hands that's possibly not used to bringing it up and it kind of throws their momentum off. She does a great job. Without her, we wouldn't be the team we are.

Back home, people are really, really friendly. We grew up playing the same games and doing the same things. It's read more

Back home, people are really, really friendly. We grew up playing the same games and doing the same things. It's different here because we don't have the same connection with kids. We're homesick most of the time, but we know we're here for a purpose and you try and make your dream happen.

The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price read more

The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price spike in the aftermath of Katrina. This is quite promising for the growth outlook.