“But one has to balance the enthusiasm with some realism about what it takes to make it in tennis, which is a truly global sport. It's the old adage of if you can't win at home in your own conditions, there's not much chance of you winning away.”
“I think it will really show in the years ahead the worth of these two head coaches. It will be a challenge to remain this consistent, and change will be the one constant. It will show in time the importance of these head coaches.”
“He needs to earn the respect of his peers and I don't know how he does that or when he does that …. Trust is a big deal. For that to happen last week, we'll move past that, but I don't have a timetable.”
“Just the fact that we've been able to have the community serve together in a way like never before. What can you say, what can you do but say thank you to the community, a huge thank-you to the community?”
“For the first time it establishes a common environment standard across the basin and puts in place a virtual prohibition against diversions from the Great Lakes. It puts in place a requirement to build conservation programs that would be implemented at the state and provincial level.”
“I feel like we've got eight guys we can count on, and typically that's what every NFL team has live in every game, ... With those eight guys, we've got four tackles, we've got five guards and we've got three centers in that combination of eight guys. We've got some combinations.”
“There's no freshman or JV team like you have in high school, ... So after awhile, if you're not having success, it becomes frustrating. It's a lot of work, and some guys just feel like they aren't being rewarded for it.”
“There's a handful right now that we're pursuing within the region, ... Some of those have already been offered, and we need to get them. Maybe that will help some of the attrition.”
