We're offering so much for families at this week's Farmers Market. After you buy your locally grown produce, children can participate in crafts and games at the Family Fund's Big Pumpkin Fair. We're very pleased to partner with the Family Fund again for this memorable event. |
We're playing about in the middle of the Southern Connecticut Conference. We're beating the weaker teams, in fact, we're winning those games handily. But we're not playing well against the better teams. We need to improve so we can be more competitive against the good teams. |
We're playing with more intensity and we're playing harder. If we keep doing that, we're going to beat most teams. If Yao plays the way he played tonight, and if we could get everyone to play with him to the best of their ability, then I think we could be a really good team. |
We're pretty pessimistic at this point that we will come anywhere close to the goal. But we are going to keep the campaign open through the end of February at a minimum. It may extend beyond that. We're doing an assessment of where we are with some of our significant donors. |
We're seeing different things up and down the coast, but they are within a dime. There's been no movement, no progress. Some people say we won't get some movement until we get some decent weather and that forces the issue. I don't think the bar will be passable until Friday. |
We're still learning and I see improvement from our last game. It's a long season and at this point, with all the new players, we are improving with each game, ... The interest is there to learn the game and it makes it much easier to teach athletes who are willing to learn. |
We're still several months away from job growth catching up with labor force growth and driving the unemployment rate back down, but that's really just a matter of time. Our economy is moving again, and once that happens it's actually quite hard to stop the forward momentum. |
We're very enthused and excited about having the opportunity to once again show off South Florida, ... We love our city and we love our area. We think the weather is the best. We think we have the best hotels, the best restaurants, the best beaches and the best golf courses. |
We've acquired some players because it was an area we felt like we needed to improve and whether or not it's finished there, it's probably too early to say. Some of these guys we've been able to sign we're getting a good look at now and some have more experience than others. |
We've already got things lined up and we'll be rocking and rolling the minute the clock strikes midnight. I understand everyone has their concerns [about the shoulder]. But I invite anybody to come here and look me in the eye and tell me I'm not going to come back from this. |
We've been handed this opportunity where we can make a real dent in popular music that we never would have had before. I think we all believe in what we're doing to such an extent that I want to take that risk. If this doesn't work out, that's fine, but at least we tried it. |
We've discussed some team goals, but mainly we just want to do well while having fun. We didn't think we were going to be this good from the beginning. We didn't even think we were going to beat Bath. Now we're winning a lot of meets and the hard work seems to be paying off. |
We've got a great mixture of guys here. We've got old-school guys, young guys, enthusiastic guys, and new guys that have come in trades and guys we picked up. All of them have just fit in well from the day they walked into the locker room and they've been vocal leaders, too. |
We've got kids who signed who never would have looked at the University of Illinois but are now interested in Illinois because of Coach Zook. That makes you proud. He's relentless on the recruiting road. I applaud that. That brings a lot of energy and excitement to the fans. |
We've improved some things over the winter to increase our efforts this year. Our bodies are better, engines are getting where they need to be, and overall infrastructure is growing. Our goal is to get into all 20 races we enter, and really become more competitive this year. |