Scientists are sometimes as competitive as professional athletes, maybe.

It's an opportunity and it's a challenge. We're professional athletes and you look for things to get up for, and this is a big-time challenge for us. We've played a couple of teams people expected us to beat and we did. We did some good things and we have to take those positives and finish strong before the break.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

We have seven student-athletes who are going to be very competitive at the NCAA Championship. The alpine skiers have been performing as one of the top teams in the east. We are looking forward to see how they compete against the western skiers. The exciting thing is any of the six could be a top-5 finisher in any race.

How long can you afford to be poor is basically the question. Most of our athletes are college graduates. They're coming in at 23 years old. You become a brakeman and push for maybe six years. By that time you're pretty well into your middle age and you don't even have a career yet. It's pretty tough.

This sport is probably more competitive than any other professional sport, ... When you get behind on some things, getting caught up again is tough. We've struggled with things for a while, but we've never given up on making it better and getting back to running up front and winning races.