Obviously it's a big match for me, but I've got nothing to lose. It's a wonderful opportunity. You've got to go out there and perform, try and do the best you can, and not think about it too much. I am delighted to be part of the team and I feel I have been improving steadily over the last year.

I'll try and take away the positives. Not many guys get to play the No1 in the world, and if I can learn a little bit from the speed he plays at and the angles he finds it will help me on the Challenger Tour.

One of our challenges -- but it's also an opportunity -- is to figure out how a stand-alone Hoover can re-enter the marketplace with a marketing and sales strategy that's appropriate to 2006.

I think that this is our first opportunity to serve Cub Scouts with any long-term resident camp.

Nothing's been promised, ... It was an opportunity to talk baseball and tell them why I think I'm a good candidate.

I'd use the market dips as an opportunity to get into quality companies. There are a lot of good stocks, some in the technology arena, some elsewhere that are down 20 to 40 percent from their 52-week high as established just a few months ago. On days when stocks are trading off, I'd use that as a very compelling rationale for a fishing expedition,