were more worn out than they ever had been at training camp for football.

The records were bound to fall. The Classic was moved from a summertime event to springtime in Central Florida where you are bound to find large bass in various phases of the spawning cycle.

This is a very physical sport and it's a sport where you've really got to be in shape.

I'm certainly not fishing as good nowadays as I did in the past, but that doesn't mean that next year might not be a totally different story.

If someone is to pass me, there's nobody I'd rather have do it than Kevin, ... He's without a doubt been the most consistent fisherman the last few years on tour. He's just had a tremendous year this year that really shot him up there on the all-time money list.

It's no longer the default segment that everybody just falls into. You have to have a product that's that much better to pull people in -- or depend on fleet sales.