I had the confidence to shoot and I was waiting for the opportunity. You have to have confidence in what you do.

This year, Kristen is finally starting to believe she is good. Her confidence is so much better, and her gymnastics is peaking. It's exciting.

I met neither one before I came to school here, but I'd heard a lot about both, especially Artie and his ability. Coach Jones, I still haven't met him yet, I'm looking forward to that.

I did wonder about that, but that's kind of how it is now, up and down. For coach Wallace, you gotta perform, in games and practice. He'll go with who's playing well at the time. It might be me one night, Hiram another and John (Wilder) another. It works for us. As a freshman, you have to learn to deal with that, and be mentally tough.

Overall we still believe the recovery in the housing market will start to boost household confidence and spending.

People go away in the summer, and we always need substitutes. We would like to provide everybody an opportunity that would like to help.