It's just a wonderful feeling clinching the conference tournament championship. Our program has made remarkable strides. People counted us out early, but our guys showed character.

Hosting this event gives us the extraordinary opportunity to showcase Toronto as a remarkable convention city to people who collectively decide the locations of thousands of conventions each year. This is a victory for Toronto, Ontario and Canada. It's a mark of distinction that elevates a host city into the elite circle of meeting destinations and delivers powerful benefits to destinations throughout Ontario and Canada.

A lot of people didn't expect us to get here, but we did. Our effort has been remarkable.

It's been a remarkable year for us. It hasn't been perfect. But it's at the point now where I wish I had another year so I could make it as positive and as energetic as it has been this year.

It is going to bump us up another level, ... It is remarkable that we have ranked as high as we have with the buildings we have.

The success of Germany's export sector has been remarkable, and I think it's quite likely to continue.