[As federal troops and rescue workers poured into still-flooded New Orleans, the Smiths pondered the future of their city. Geof worried about the lack of tourism revenue without Mardi Gras or the Saints football games. But both brothers hope the city will be rebuilt better than before. ] Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, 'I'm not coming back.' But all these places—like Florida after their hurricanes, or Los Angeles after the riots—they've recovered. I'm going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there's so much that's not destroyed. |
[better than before. ] Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, `I'm not coming back.' But all these places—like Florida after their hurricanes, or Los Angeles after the riots—they've recovered. I'm going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there's so much that's not destroyed. |
[The number of fans who want to visit different ballparks is] huge, ... It's the best-kept secret in America. |
At one point we had four freshman out there. We're a young team. |
He coached me through the whole thing. |
He's probably the best post player in the league. Our main focus is to control (John) Bowler as much as we can. |
I still think our division is wide open. I think any team can get hot and make a run right now. |
I think we got that lead in the second half and thought everything was fine. Instead, we need to build on that. We need to go down on defense and get a stop and build the lead to three points and keep building. Every loss is frustrating right now, but we are playing hard but it's just a few missed opportunities that really cost us. |
I'd love to beat him. |
I'm excited about getting started, |
It's been a long January. We've had a lot of away games and tonight we get to sleep in our own beds, wear our home uniforms and play in our own gym. The only problem is that you don't get a win just for playing at home - nothing is guaranteed when it comes to that. |
My gut reaction is that we're at a transformational stage. We're at a point as a business where so much has changed around us, and we really haven't changed with it. If we think we can cut our way to prosperity, we're kidding ourselves. |
Our software instruments have completely reshaped live video production. We are very excited to be able to offer our complete product line to the rapidly growing VJ market for both the Mac and PC platforms. With the wider variety of hardware available for the Windows platform, live video has a chance to really explode. |
Sometimes you only have one chance to impress a recruit. We do mail outs and try to be creative with phone calls. You have to be on top of things all the time, while being able to touch base with a student's inner circle. |
The guys have great resolve. We got in from the Miami game at 3 a.m. and had a great practice the next day. If we could shoot the ball, we'd be better. |