We beat them by 24 earlier this season, so I think the kids felt the game against West Boca (in the 14-5A semifinal) was the championship game.

We showed that to our kids. We use whatever we can to motivate them.

I hated finals week. Finals week was 24-7 quiet hours, which meant no serious guitar playing for a week.

They were there for Renee 24/7. I could not believe everyone who came by to help. People like Amy Kessler and many others. I was talking Earl Thom about it, and do you know what he said? He said of course they wanted to be there, they loved Renee and they are Hazel Parkers.

When I see 200 kids from all over Volusia County occupying all 24 courts at the Florida Tennis Center on Friday nights, I get excited about the future of this sport.

With this environment, the kids slow down. After 24 hours, they let go of the city rhythm. Sometimes we don't have to do too much. We just let the sunset speak.