She is the heart and soul of the team.

We play a lot of different sets in practice with a lot of different groups. You never know when it might be like that. You don't know who will be out the next week.

We work a lot on defense and we do a great job at the beginning. But we will have to pick up the intensity throughout the game.

She tends to take the team on her back. The team relies on her to lead.

They are young but they are getting better. I hope the younger kids are learning from their older teammates because we are losing some great players after this season.

There are short-term questions to be sure -- the impact of changes in residential housing markets and the prospects for inflation are two -- but, overall, the economy in 2006 seems likely to be very well-behaved.