The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact read more

The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact that it seems so difficult. Those who do it seem to love it and embrace it. Others kind of look askance on it.

I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great read more

I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for him and wish to see him accept this appointment.

He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.

He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.

We're trying to serve more aggressive. We work very hard on serving every day in practice. If we back off, read more

We're trying to serve more aggressive. We work very hard on serving every day in practice. If we back off, especially against good teams, they will pound away on us. We want to make the other team work hard to pick up our serve. We don't want to make it easy to hit the ball back at us.

(Domestic violence) is such a dark social issue, we opted to have a fun event.

(Domestic violence) is such a dark social issue, we opted to have a fun event.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

They love this spot. It's a high point.

They love this spot. It's a high point.

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the read more

I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.

Prices continue to climb even though construction is under way. That means what may conceivably happen as we go along, read more

Prices continue to climb even though construction is under way. That means what may conceivably happen as we go along, because we're locked into a number, is we may have to make cuts. If we start bumping up against the educational specifications, that's going to be tough.