I'd take her over Ben. She can make passes at me any day.

It's definitely a motivation for all of us, but what I really need is that ring. I want to put that ring on my finger. I want the experience. We've come too far to turn back now.

This is crazy. I never thought I'd see anything like this. It's exciting. Coming from one of the inner city schools, we had a shadow hanging over our heads - 'We're not going to be nothing, we don't have a positive attitude' - so it's definitely a great thing just being here.

Usually we get between 1,000 to 1,200 visitors a day at the store. Close to Valentine's that number is up between 1,300 to 1,700 a day.

As soon as we arrived, we met with the director and started rehearsals. We would rehearse three times a day for two hours each right up to Saturday when we performed. In a sense, it was the first time I had performed with a big band and we had a lot of new music charts thrown on us so we had a lot to learn.

I'm always kidding that we keep him in a cage and feed him raw meat. On game day, we turn him loose.