We are trying to get people to relate the pressure they put on animals with the pressure they put on people in the workplace,

For years I've been trying to understand why people who keep these animals are prepared to invest so much money, time and emotional resources. Superficially, there's no apparent gain from it.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say -- and to feel -- ''Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.''

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager – I'm trying to be great,

We're still trying to get better and we want to make the state tournament.

We concentrated on trying to slow their speed down. We had a game plan and executed it in all three zones. They knew how big this was for us.