There is a little bit of trepidation about getting into those kind of operations.

Everybody had trepidation. But were we going to put out another album that [follows trends], or were we going to challenge ourselves? We wanted to keep ourselves interested.

As the cliché goes, ’The best defense is a good offense.’ Go forward be aggressive. Don’t give your fears or competition a chance to pin you down. Trepidation and loss of confidence come with a defensive posture. Attack the problem, attack the market, attack the competition, and you are proceeding positively. Fear will melt and confidence will rise.

There's a lot of trepidation out there about earnings, ... A lot of times, the complexion of markets is what the household names are doing. A couple of weeks ago it was about IBM ( Research ) and Apple ( Research ). Today, it looks like the focus is on Amazon, and that can shape the market -- at least in the early going.

We think it's appropriate for the state to allow King County and Seattle to make these decisions in any way that they decide.

The bottom line is that this guy doesn't belong in this league. Anyone you refer to as 'Mister' belongs in the big leagues. I think he's going to be ready for whenever the Twins want him.