When we get to the district, our kids tend to crank it up a notch and get the job done. Our goal is to win at least two matches at state and place.

The kids played really well and played incredibly hard tonight.

The closer you get to the show, the more often you weigh them. (The kids) are doing their math, figuring their weight gain per day.

It's not that we're doing anything different or they're doing anything different. I think we've got pretty athletic kids. The bottom line is that the team with the most talent usually wins, and, right now, I think we can put more basketball talent on the floor.

These kids here at Jones Cove are just about the right age to go to Mars. Maybe the first person on Mars is sitting here today in Jones Cove.

It discourages plagiarism, because if the kids know it's going to be checked they're more likely to work a little harder – instead of take the easy way out – and actually try and do things properly.