This team was at a higher level than other freshman teams I've coached. They still have some work to do before they can compete at the next level.

We'll come in for timeouts, and he'll say, 'Let's try this,' and it will work.

All things come to an end. We just need to keep our chins up, come back tomorrow and work and get ready to win Saturday.

Our view is that it's now a substantial competitor to everyone else. It's no longer the sort of toy database that you use for relatively small businesses.

Oracle can't afford to [anger] IBM too much, and vice versa.

I'll tell you there have been so many through. Even teams that aren't on his radar anymore are still calling. Ohio State, Nebraska, Florida, Maryland, Michigan are the ones I have had the most interaction with lately.