Anytime there is someone playing hard every day it makes you push yourself even harder.

I couldn't believe it -- my first day on the job, and I'm falling through the floor of a residential house. It was just something else.

He is doing great, considering his condition. He is really progressing and getting much better every day.

It will be a massive day for Sunderland and a huge step towards establishing the club where it belongs - among the best in the north.

They've done a great job of marketing the product. The day after he was hired, Coach Pearl was on Cumberland Avenue, talking to all of the students at the restaurant, asking them how the school could make going to games a better experience. Everyone is pretty fired up.

He's a good kid with a good head on his shoulders. He works hard every day in practice. He's a two-year captain. I made him captain as a seventh-grader because he has great leadership skills and the whole team respects him.