We are going to focus even more attention on the high-growth markets where we can gain additional leverage from the company's overall branding efforts. We plan to fuel significant new growth in our retail mortgage operations by re-directing resources to our most productive and profitable activities.

We continue to focus our attention on absolute volume growth driven by Customer and Firm trading activity. Ultimately, the success of an exchange must be based on its acceptance by these two constituencies. I am pleased to note that ISE remains the number one venue for Customer and Firm combined trading activity in equity options.

They're a tough team to deal with when they're throwing numbers at you. We could have handled the pressure a little better, but coming away with a point is better than coming away with none.

He held his own out there. He wore down toward the end, which is to be expected, but he was solid.

I had a good time while I was here. I love it here and my family is here. I certainly have no hard feelings about anybody in Kansas City. The city is great and it's fun to come back.

We're in such a predicament that I haven't really thought about that stuff, ... We need to win, that's the bottom line. It just happens to be that this week it's Kansas City. Maybe the one there might be a little bit different but right now all I'm worried about is winning.