My vision is the long vision, long-term vision for Raleigh, just like the people who laid this city out, just like the people who laid out the Research Triangle Park. Big vision.

Go into Central Park, you don't have people living in the park, you don't have business and industry, you don't have hospitals, it's peaceful, it's serene.

When someone steps out and says something as audacious as, 'This is wrong' or 'This is right,' you open up yourself to all sorts of criticism and perhaps abuse by some.

We can have a park in North Carolina that's world class.

He's amazingly tenacious, very driven, and he has a vision. He has the focus needed to get things done.

The greatest factor clouding our vision is conservative forecasting on the part of our [sales] channel and our field. I also think there is a smattering of segments that were strong last year that aren't strong this year.