I'm off until Denver (National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, Jan. 7-8, 12-22). This is great and should build some confidence going into next year.

I didn't put a lot of stock into the [scouting] reports, other than the fact they said he was a good athlete and a solid defensive player, and he could be projected to either side of the diamond.

We'll stock some subassemblies—many of them on consignment—and key parts and build to a forecast. We know what we need to build each quarter and we break that down daily and weekly and have set up [production] lines accordingly.

[During last week's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am there was as much talk about who didn't show up as who did. Favorite son Bill Murray was in Italy filming a movie, while Tiger Woods had cited the tournament's] bumpy ... We have great players here this week, so we're not going to worry about one or two guys having a bug up their ass.

You have a chance on every one in this herd. I need to get one more steer down. I just came here to have fun and win as much money as I can. I feel pretty good in both events.

It's tough to come here and win all three rounds in steer wrestling, so that was pretty neat. I have a real good horse, and when they are short scores it makes for fast times.