I thought we were ready to quit there when we got down, but Nicole really got us fired up and was a good leader out there. We had five sophomores out there playing most of the night and I think they were really nervous at the beginning.

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It probably could have been a life-changing experience for him. Fortunately, it wasn't ... But he's the same old Bob.

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Last year, we didn't care if (opponents) knew where the ball was going. But now we don't have a hitter who can go up against a double block and score consistently.

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That set the tone for us, ... We played consistent tonight.

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It went very well. We set some long-range goals very nicely and had a very enjoyable time doing it.

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The numbers are looking better, and we still need to really promote that, because we've got to get those numbers up even higher than they are right now to maintain our Essential Air Service subsidy to the airline.

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We decided to take about $1 million out of reserves to redo the roof on the Japan Airlines hangar. That's a big bite, but we're at the point of Band-Aiding it each year, which doesn't make sense after a certain point.

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We're obviously going to miss Ali. You just don't get many opportunities to coach players like that in your lifetime. It's going to be different because we depended on Ali an awful lot, but the truth is we couldn't have done all we did with just one person.

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It's a wonderful feeling to have my son back, ... I'm not angry, I'm thankful.

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