Any time you play an international team and keep them to 50 points defensively you're doing an outstanding job. |
Generally speaking, there is a certain business segment that absolutely follows population growth. |
I'm not sure that shifts over to the kids, if they're really ready emotionally, but hopefully they're going to have fun and remember that it's a game and Kyle and Mat would have wanted this to take place today. |
It's a bit scary looking at going into such a tournament [the Games in March] but when you look ahead to Beijing it's very exciting for New Zealand basketball. |
It's always hard having to tell two players they're not going to represent New Zealand at a pinnacle event, but that's part of a coach's job. |
It's just a fundamental constitutional right to carry a gun. |
Knowing the types of folks that are coming, absolutely there's pre-emptive development going on. It's easy to look at the demographics of these communities and figure out what kind of people will be living there and what they will want to buy. |
One of the top challenges and commitments we've made is to attract the industries that do pay average or above-average wages. |
Shawn is a tough kid. He loves football. He made a big decision to keep playing for us and he just works hard at it every day. |
Shreveport is a part of the state that we are all interested in developing -- the unions, the state film commission. |
The big adjustment we needed to make was defending their three-point game. I thought we did that very well. |
There is a benefit in playing the Cubans because they are similar athletes to those from Nigeria, who we have in our pool at the Games. |
There's a lot of talent that leaves the county every day. |
We may have lost on the scoreboard but given the conditions and the quality of our opponents, we felt we deserved the win. |
When you're a young player entering an international environment like Jess is coming into, you need some milestones along the way to build confidence. |