John is an excellent motivator. He likes to put on what is supposed to be a simple group run and turn it into an adventure.

Drop dead gorgeous. We recently ran up above Dillingham Airfield (near Ka'ena Point), and the trail had just been groomed.

With it being brown, they just get whatever they can find if there is anything left.

To me, it's all about the recruitment of your players. You've got to have the pitching, and with these wood bats, it's about speed and a pressure-type of offense.

It's been rough here down on the ranch, about the driest I've seen it since I moved down here seven years ago. It's rough on the trees. All the pine trees we've been planting are just turning brown.

I think it's the camaraderie of being out there with like-minded people, ... And you have a chance to see parts of Hawai'i that most people don't get to see.

He's always been good, but now he's turned into one of the elite wrestlers in the country. His work ethic and intensity have changed. He's much more intense. He has a lot of emotion and he does what he needs to do to compete at a high level.

They had pretty much let the place go.

If we're not there on the routine basis, some will get relaxed a bit. They'll lean toward getting away from (meeting standards). We just don't have the manpower to be there as often as we should.