To know you're one out of 100,000 people in the biggest parade in the world, that's pretty swell.

It was a lot of hard work. Practice makes perfect. I didn't have any experience until now.

I think qualifying was pretty good. We went out slightly earlier than some people and got a good time in, so I was quite pleased with that, and then slowly started to slip back down the order, which is kind of the normal situation as qualifying works out, everyone gets quicker towards the end. The race is a different thing. We've just got to be smart, make sure we have a good first lap, you know, see how the race pans out. It's going to be a very long, tough race. Anything can happen.

We have a pretty wide range of skills. The people who started this company have a very in-depth knowledge of what they do. We've lucked out in bringing together some of the brightest (IT experts) available. We've got a mix of education, experience, on-the-job training, knowledge and certification.

I think we felt like we had a chance to be a pretty good defense. And the only people that gave us a chance were the players and the coaches.

When you look at people like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene, the key to their success was not world records – it was their dominance,