I think we've been pleased that they've been responsive to our concerns. But at the same time, we're not positive they'll always have our best interests in mind.

I guess it's a loss, so I shouldn't be so positive about the game. They could have fallen down and quit on me in the third quarter. But they didn't.

We've been a little bit up and down through the preseason, so it's good to end on a positive note. At the same time, you don't want to overlook the things you need to work on.

One-hundred-and-eighty degrees, ... The atmosphere is positive, upbeat.

Our homes were very decorative, full of pattern, like inexpensive throw rugs. It must have had some influence, all this color and everything. Because we were so poor the people used this as a means of brightening their life. I used to do bright patterns after these throw rugs; I got ideas from them, the arabesques, the movement and so on.

I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.