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Phoenix has been kind of a quietly booming market and rewarding to the people operating in it. Word is getting out to others that this is the market to be looking at.

Phoenix coming on board gives it a real relevancy and legitimacy that they are going to help move the ball forward in a meaningful way.

We encourage Phoenix to be more active. They need to do that. With these, we will have acquired over 3,200 bait stations since May of 2003. We'll probably run out within a week. Our program is coming to a close after these 350 are gone.

It was deemed a credible threat, which is why we made the decision to go back to Phoenix and clear the aircraft. We took the threat seriously, but it appears to be a hoax.

The last couple of years we thought we had a better chance going against San Antonio and going against Phoenix because we were 3-1 against them (in the regular season). We lost to both teams 4-0. The playoffs are different.

I thought we did a pretty good job of not getting caught up in the way Phoenix plays.

River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.

This is the hardest part of our business. Mike and I started out in Phoenix together, got reunited here and obviously he was a key part in rebuilding this franchise. ... To share memories like that, it's been a very difficult several weeks for this franchise.

At this time, there is a procedural issue regarding the reported deal with Atlanta and Phoenix that needs to be resolved. That's all I can say at this time.

At least my happiness doesn't depend on Ron's goalkeeping ability.