He's one of the guys who's familiar with Phil's system, ... Phil's comfortable with him and knows what he can do. He's looked strong, shot the ball well. He's stuck out in a positive way. He's healthy for the first time in a long time.

This year's been a constant teaching session with the guys. He showed a great deal of patience this year.

We know that we determine our own destiny. We just have to take care of our own business, and we can't count on anybody else to do our work for us.

I'm optimistic that we'll make a profit for our first year here. We've been breaking even for 10 years.

The entire team did a great job of staying focused on clients, and not getting distracted. The quality and depth of our people has always been a defining characteristic of this place. Clients gave us their business, which they don't have to do, and that speaks volumes about our people.

He told me to get after Gary [Payton], to make sure he was fired up.