We want to thank Robert for his valuable contribution to the Company's development and growth since its inception, ... His entrepreneurial vision has been a leading factor in our success to date.

What's more, the mean growth rate has risen substantially, while variability has declined: any portfolio manager would like to deliver that combination.

We had to have a baseline to operate from, and that was the Filer game, but our biggest growth spurts should come against Hillcrest and Minico. Hillcrest is traditionally a real physical team that takes pride in simplicity and emphasizes execution.

We continue to forecast solid low-to-mid-teens sales growth and high-teens earnings per share growth throughout fiscal 2001 despite the crippling effects of the (weak) euro,

Clearly they delivered some of the broad-based growth investors have been waiting for the past couple of years and progress has improved, ... But there's still a reasonable gap versus its peer group, so there is still work to be done.

I really think we're confident that our Nike Inc. growth strategy is the right one.