She lit us up. That showed me she was ready to get out there and compete.

But the intent is still there and the drive is there, and we see that at home. People may not see it as much out here. They don't think he works as hard as Vijay, but he's every bit as driven as Vijay is. He just brings it here. He doesn't try to find it here, he brings it with him.

It's a philosophical difference that Ray and I have about whether the Palo Verde rewards should have gone back to the ratepayer or should it be applied to the city to be used to lower electric costs in providing taxpayer services.

Whether he reaches that level of invincibility again, I don't know if he will, because the guys behind him are much better than they were five years ago.

She's gone from not being able to lift the bar, a skinny body that wasn't very strong, ... to now starting to look like a big time college volleyball player - an international level athlete. Hopefully she's going to see great results on the court.

The two-setter system we tried tonight went smoother than I thought it would. We hit .400 in the first game. We were pretty focused and had a lot of adrenaline going. But that was the first time Hawai'i had seen it so they had no idea. It's a hard system to defend because you've got three hitters coming at you in three different spots every time. We had a lot of single blocks when we were hitting.

We have a better understanding of how tough it will be getting into those late rounds of the NCAA tournament, going to the next level to get to the Final Four and compete for a national championship, ... We've got a lot of wisdom.

When you end the season like we did against USC, you really don't want to go through that again, ... So I think there's great inspiration for our team since we have a majority of those kids back. They certainly have a deeper motivation to not let that happen again.

We are disappointed ... the military value and homeland security value of Ellington wasn't realized by the commission.