We spend a lot of time in preparation. We concentrate on being ready and setting the tone early. Our goal for the rest of the season will be to get better every practice and every game.

He's had a closer mentality in his preparation even when he was a middle setup guy.

There is a lot of preparation to be done. Some are just trying to get better for the conference meet. There are five or six key things some others need to do to get ready for nationals, and that may or may not happen.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Tax-preparation time can be significantly reduced if you develop a system for organizing your records and receipts. Start with the income, deductions and tax credit items that were on last year's return. Use last year's tax return as your guide in preparing this year's return.

We had a good time. Our preparation was to go to the beach and boogie board.