Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

This began in Greenville, S.C., when we wanted to do something different when nobody else was touring. We didn't even do tickets, we just had people pay at the door. We had more than 6,000 people show up for the first show. The next year we went out with Bob Carlisle (known for 'Butterfly Kisses') and called it the January Jam, until it expanded out of January. Then it became Winter Jam.

Now that he's healthy, I think that plays into how he's playing. He's looking a lot more fit and strong out there. He's really doing well moving up to balls. He's such a good ball-striker, so when he's in (the right) position he's going to be tough.

We need to be good coming out of the gates or we are going to get run over. Doubles is going to be a large point of this match. Doubles is only one point, but it does a lot in setting the tone.

I thought we accomplished a lot over the weekend. We're making progress as a team and we know what we have to work on heading into the season.

I was very impressed with the overall keenness of play on our first day back. We're looking forward to improving our results the rest of the weekend.