The point of this (competition) is to make better citizens. They got what this program is about.

These students could compete with first-year law students. It's a broad kind of curriculum and different pieces will incite different people.

I've done my work, in essence. The success is that the students are committed.

I have been here 15 years and we have never had a decent run in this competition,

If you look at the empirical findings, the biggest competition is not between states. It's between cities within states that are close to each other. That's where you'll find most of the action going on, and actually, it's worse, because it's likely to have the most negative impact on the public purse where the competition is so local.

The Volvo Ocean Race is a long competition and this is only beginning.