It's like a sport, ... You're always reacting. You're going to battle every day and some people don't like it. But if you're good, the pay's good.

To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.

I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport, ... If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays, so I am appreciating competing now and having a ball.

I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays, so I am appreciating competing now and having a ball.

I was thinking we had won a hard-fought battle, and I was going to celebrate.

It's a fun event -- way wet. It's one of those firefighter challenger things that grew into a sport.