Mortgage rates have crept up a bit, but not enough to dampen the enthusiasm for home-buying activity in Greater Cincinnati.

I actually turned my head away and heard our crowd go up in enthusiasm and I knew the shot missed. It was a long nine seconds.

It's very exciting. The enthusiasm of the students has been great.

I was pretty much blown away by the enthusiasm and the passion I saw coming from the administrators, the staff and the teachers.

I'll always choose a teacher with enthusiasm and weak technique over one with brilliant strategies but who is just punching the clock. Why? An enthusiastic teacher can learn technique, but it is almost impossible to light a fire inside the charred heart of a burned-out teacher.

I think there's probably more enthusiasm, energy and excitement about where we're at. I think there's more hope and enthusiasm with regards to where we're at and where we'll be in the next two to four years.