The Coast Guard's performance in the terrible devastation that occurred illustrates not only the competence and the courage, but it also reminds us that too often we have taken the Coast Guard for granted.

[Her supporters call her] The Iron Lady, ... have brought equal competence, strength and courage to everything that they do.

I am not satisfied. We are stumbling toward progress. I would hope we would be sprinting.

This is the best performance in Auburn history. We talked about being focused and confident and having the courage to step up and most importantly to have fun. We had nothing to lose, our swimmers took care of business, and this was bonus points for the team.

He basically has a patent on that type of performance. He's done a great job as a both a closer and set-up man for us before, so it was nice to see him pitch well as a starter, too.

That was the best performance we've seen this year by anybody. She shot it well, penetrated well, read what we did to her well. She's got another level of ball pressure.