We assured the fire department that if there's anything they need the city will step forward and help them, ... I have confidence that John Callaghan will be a good chief -- he's experienced and I believe he will serve the city well as acting fire chief.

This (rain) will not put this fire out. But it is going to help. It is going to help a whole lot.

The likelihood that tens of thousands of Mississippians will lose their homes is extremely high, ... I would welcome anyone's help to make these people whole.

It allows a lot more flexibility on our operations, ... It will also help decrease the amount of overtime spent.

We really try to use that as a recruiting strategy that hopefully will help us in landing some of those top guys.

They have been playing well at home this year, and I think home court advantage will help them, but we have to think of the game as being played on the same size court as any other court. But I know that players definitely are more comfortable on their own court.