It's the old real estate mantra: location, location, location.

Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.

With real estate, it's location, location, location. In public speaking, it's acoustics, acoustics, acoustics.

Over 17 years, I took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anybody who treated anybody unfairly.

[Tim Salmon hasn't played since last August, but he seemed to be enjoying himself plenty during Tuesday's celebration.] My mantra all night was to make it last, ... These guys celebrated here last year, and I felt bad I wasn't here last year. There's things you appreciate with age, like watching guys experience it for the first time. I told them to make it last because I had to wait 10 years. The bottom line is to enjoy it whenever you can.

This (Northeast) location is only four years old, and every year, we've surpassed the year before.