The big people have got it down pat. It's the small and the medium-sized people who need help, and they need a lot of help.

There has to be a lot of cooperation. We are in implementation, but a company had better have people in its ranks who are capable of dealing with the supply chain.

At other jobs, you don't get to work with the people like this. You work with the people, and then it's like they are your own grandparents.

I can't help but include some of the lighthearted stuff. I guess that's the way I observe things. My favorite saying is, 'If you're going to laugh about something later, you might as well start now.

I know Roger's going to take the ball if it's going to help us, ... I'm sure he had some adrenaline going. He had another inning or two in him.

The bottom line is every aspect of the federal government has been working to help those devastated by Katrina and to get the Gulf Coast back on its feet. This is an unprecedented natural disaster, and Congress has responded in kind — but full recovery does take time.