You're introducing yourself and trying to implement your philosophies. These kids have had other coaches' expectations on their minds. Now they have to see yours. The biggest thing is to make sure they believe in what you're doing.

It would be disappointing to me if they got rid of it. You've got to teach kids that it's about more than just walking off the field. That's not teaching life's lessons. My kids know that whether we win or lose, we're lining up at the 50-yard line.

There were far more transactions than before. We were just flooded. It was terrific. We exceeded our expectations, and it caused us some wonderful problems.

It is extremely motivating. We have high expectations on this team and we're trying to live up to them. Now we know it takes hard work.

Maybe it's in the back of our minds. But we're not trying to live up to anyone's expectations. We have other goals.

We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on when the Fed is likely to shift its (monetary policy) bias to neutral.