PTI in the News
A young PTI client, Gracia Leydon-Mahoney, is featured two recent newspaper articles on August 26, 2010, one in the Newton Tab and the other in The Boston Globe
From the Newton Tab:
Newton diver to compete in World Junior Championships
By Scott Souza/Daily News staff, Daily News Tribune
Newton North freshman Gracia Leydon-Mahoney will compete in the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Arizona next week.
CONCORD — The first time Gracia Leydon-Mahoney stepped to the top of the 10-meter diving board, she admits she was a tad nervous.
After all, it's a lot of steps.
"It's a little bit scary," said the 14-year-old Newton North freshman. "My heart was beating really fast. But once I did a couple of dives it started to get better."
Just like with everything else she has done on the diving boards during her five years in the sport, Leydon-Mahoney got better and better with each repetition. The former gymnast at Exxcel Gymnastics in Newton began diving at age 9 and was diving competitively within six months. In 2007, she took part in her final Junior National Diving Championships and won her first international competition in Great Britain a year later
Earlier this summer, Leydon-Mahoney won the platform diving competition (7.5 - and 10-meter diving) in the 14- and 15-year-old division of the USA Diving Junior National Diving Championships, while finishing second in the 1-meter competition and fourth in the 3-meter. That earned her the opportunity to return to Tucson, Ariz. to take part in her first FINA Junior World Diving Championships where next week she will compete in both the platform diving and 1-meter event against the top young divers from 21 countries.
"I don't really have any expectations," she said following her final area practice in Concord yesterday before flying to Arizona today. "I am really looking forward to it and just doing my best. I want to see what happens and take it one step at a time."
While her coach, Tracey Bird, agreed that there are no expectations for Leydon-Mahoney this week, that doesn't mean she is just happy to be in Arizona. Having finished in the top 5 in Nationals in every event she has competed in during her three years doing Junior Nationals, Leydon-Mahoney has established herself as one of the most promising young divers in the country.
Now it's her chance to take on the world.
"I think she'll do great," said Bird, who has coached Leydon-Mahoney the past three seasons. "But exactly how she'll do is yet to be seen. She'll be going up against the world's best, so I don't have specific expectations.
"My expectation is she will do what she always does and take it one dive at a time. Usually when she focuses that way the results sort of take care of themselves."
Those results included two thirds and a fifth at Junior Nationals in 2008, and a second and two thirds last year. She also traveled to England as a 12-year-old and won the 3-meter event.
"That was very exciting because it was my first international meet and I won," she said.
She said that stood as her personal highlight in the sport until this year when she stepped up to the 14-15 age division and stepped up a few more meters on the platform ladder. This is her first year competing at 10 meters. She has traveled to Duke University in North Carolina for workouts at the height since there is no 10-meter facility in New England.
"I don't get to do it that often here because we don't have one," she said. "I have been practicing the 7-meter at Harvard and have been going to Duke for the 10-meter. That has helped me make the adjustment."
Bird said her spirit and focus have helped her make the adjustment quickly. The thin, 5-foot-5 diver said her gymnastics background gave her the strength, balance and body control to get off the board on the right foot early in her career, and that now she works with a personal trainer in Acton when she is not in the pool - about 18 hours per week during the summer.
"'She's in great physical shape," Bird said. "She's healthy. She's strong. I would say her greatest strength is she is a great competitor.
"She is a classic, beautiful diver. She has beautiful entries, she's ... I just think she's got it all. But I'm biased."
Yet not at all off the mark, since the national judges apparently agree.
"She had a tremendous competition (at Nationals)," Bird said. "She qualified in two events and was first in the other before missing one dive and finishing fourth. She would have been the only diver to qualify in all three."
Leydon-Mahoney said she is looking forward to the experience of being at a World Championships as much as she is the dives themselves.
"It's really cool to meet everyone at these meets," she said. "I have friends from all over the country, and even the world."
After yesterday's two-hour workout, the Day Middle School graduate hurried back to Newton North for her freshman orientation. The meet will require her to miss one day of school, but competing in a World Championships would seem to qualify as an excused absence.
Not to mention one spectacular story to tell when asked about the great heights she climbed to - and how she got down - on her summer vacation.
(Scott Souza is a Daily News staff writer. He can be reached at 781-398-8006 or ssouza@cnc.com.)
Copyright 2010 Newton TAB. Some rights reserved
-----------------------------------------------
From The Boston Globe, August 26, 2010:
Newton teen to dive on national team
by Marvin Pave
Newton 14-yeat-old Gracia Leydon-Mahoney will be competing against some of the world's best young divers next week during the Federation Internationale de Natation's World Junior Championships in Tucson
Leydon-Mahoney, who will perform in the 1-meter springboard and platform events, was selected to USA Diving's team for the competition after an impressive performance at last month's Speedo Junior National Championships.
Heading into her freshman year at Newton North High, Leydon-Mahoney started competing at age 9 for the Charles River Diving team. At the recent Junior Nationals, also held in Tucson, she won the platform, placed second on the 1-meter board, and was fourth at 3-meters.
"Gracia was spectacular at the nationals where she was one of the youngest divers in the 14-15-age group. She just turned 14 in June," said Tracey Bird, Leydon-Mahoney's coach at the Beebe Center pool in Concord. "She has a great work ethic, and she's a tremendous competitor whose gymnastics background has given her a good foundation for diving."
Kathy Dacey, administrative vice president of New England Diving and a USA Diving official, said Leydon-Mahoney is "part of a resurgence of high-quality young divers in New England. We've watched her come a long way and I think she'll be a top competitor at the World Juniors."
-----------------------------------------------
PTI's specialty in senior wellness, with client Wendell Sykes as a specific example, was featured in a recent Boston Globe article on senior fitness and exercise.
From the Boston Globe Metro West section, March 4, 2010:
Personal fitness trainer Yury Klimovitsky works with 82-year-old Wendell Sykes at Personal Training International in Acton
Older clients spur a boomlet for exercise pros
By Nancy Shohet West, Globe Correspondent
When Wendell Sykes approached Yury Klimovitsky 10 years ago to ask the personal trainer for an exercise program that would strengthen his tennis game, Klimovitsky didn't know how to respond.
A Ukrainian-born athlete who coached members of the Olympic track and field team in his home country before moving to the United States, he was accustomed to training world-class athletes in their 20s. What kind of program could he create for a 72-year-old?
"I was so wary of seeing him get hurt," said Klimovitsky. "I couldn't find information about how to work with older people. So we started trying different things....Now he simply does a modified version of what my younger clients do -- not machines but workouts with rubber bands and medicine balls, floor exercises, sprints, and hurdles."
Seniors are keeping many local trainers busy as they make up a growing part of the fitness market. Of the 6.1 million Americans who paid for a personal trainer last year, one quarter were over 55, said Tammy Petersen, managing partner of the American Academy of Health and Fitness.
"In many cases, they have time, they have money, and they want to take care of themselves to be sure that they live longer and live happier, able to do more things they enjoy," said Klimovitsky, who first worked with Sykes at the Thoreau Club in Concord and now owns Personal Training International in Acton.
To enjoy life, they keep working at it
It makes sense to Matt Mann, part owner and manager of the Waltham branch of Fitness Together. "Older clients are generally just looking to stay in shape," he said. "For them it's not necessarily so much about athleticism as it is maintaining their energy level for their other activities, whether that's work, having fun with their families, or whatever."
Mann said that older clients frequently make for better students.
"They have a strong sense of commitment," he said. "They tend to see it as a lifestyle plan, not something they are going to do for six months to achieve a certain kind of body and then stop."
One of Mann's clients is Mary O'Brien, 61, of Weston, who works out with a personal trainer three times a week. "I started after having some surgeries that left me using crutches," she said. "I needed help getting back to where I was. But now I've lost over 30 pounds and am stronger than I've ever been in my adult life."
Clients in the Boston area typically pay in the range of $60 to $90 for a private training session, though that figure depends on the number of sessions purchased and other factors. Seniors who want to stay fit without paying for individual attention can find similar opportunities in small-group sessions at health clubs, local senior centers, and town recreation departments.
Even moderate exercise and physical activity can improve the health of people who are frail or who have diseases that accompany aging, according to the National Institute on Aging. A recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine also indicated that twice-weekly resistance training sessions improved the performance of senior women tested on executive cognitive functions.
But Petersen cautions that there are two pitfalls that trainers sometimes fall into when working with seniors.
"On the one hand, inexperienced trainers who take on an older client might say that because this person seems old, all he or she will be capable of is lifting a two-pound anvil, and because of that perceived limitation, there's no benefit to the program," she said. "On the flip side, they might look at someone in their 50s and say 'Oh, this person is not so old,' and train that client the same way they would train a 30-year-old, which is also not appropriate."
Petersen emphasizes that she is not just talking about people in their 60s or 70s; she believes clients as young as the mid-40s need to be aware of issues related to aging, such as joint problems, high blood pressure, or heart disease.
AAfter about three years of working with Klimovitsky, Sykes had more than doubled his strength, the trainer said. Not only is the now 82-year-old still a client 10 years later, but the trainer went on to apply the knowledge about senior fitness he developed in working with Sykes to create a subspecialty.
Because falls are a significant threat to seniors, Klimovitsky works a lot on exercises to improve balance. He also helps clients gain the strength and flexibility they need to climb stairs or get in and out of chairs.
"A decade ago, our average client was a 40-year-old stay-at-home mom trying to stay in shape," limovitsky said. "Now, 55 percent of our clients who work one-on-one with trainers are 60 or older. My oldest client is 99 and has been with me for 6 1/2 years."
Sykes, who is semiretired but still consults to the defense industry, said he wishes the government would recognize the benefits of helping seniors like him stay in shape.
"If Medicare paid for people like me to work with trainers," he said, "it would actually save them money because fewer older people would get injured in falls and other accidents related to strength or balance."
-----------------------------------------------
Young PTI client Coby Horowitz wins state championship with dramatic performance in the 2-mile indoor race. Coby has been a PTI client for 7 months. Watch Coby's dramatic finish in that race.
From MetroWest Daily News, February 27, 2010:
Locals Jones, Horowitz, Fairfield win state titles
...snip...
Nashoba senior Coby Horowitz won the most dramatic race of the night, using a big push at the end to claim the 2-mile race in 9:26:59, a personal best indoors.
Horowitz was as far back as eighth, but turned on the jets in the final half-lap, and sprinted past Arlington's Anthony Taylor, smiling as he cruised to the finish.
"I hate leading so whenever I get a chance to just hit it at the end I love it," Horowitz said.
Horowitz had already won the 2-mile run outdoors last spring, which helped to alleviate any pressure.
"My sister and I talk a lot and she told me there was less pressure after last year," Horowitz said. "I mean, there was still a bunch of pressure, but I had already done it."
...snip...
-----------------------------------------------
A young PTI client is looking toward a great future…
Excerpt from an article in Inside USA Diving, Winter, 2010:
Looking to the Future
By Sandy Arles
It’s official. The 2016 Olympic Games have been awarded to Rio de Janeiro. The Games are still seven years away, but USA Diving is already looking ahead by identifying up-and-coming talent and a new generation of divers who have the potential to represent USA on the world’s largest stage. Here’s a look at just a few of our top young divers who might have what it takes. Remember these names, because they might claim gold for the USA in 2016
Gracia Leydon-Mahoney, Massachusetts
Gracia placed second on 3-meter and third on 1-meter and platform at the 2009 Speedo Junior Nationals. AT the 2008 Speedo Junior Nationals, she placed third on 1-meter and 3-meter and was fifth on platform. She has learned to persevere and not give up in dive meets, which was evident at the British Elite Junior Diving Championships where she started in las place and eventually won the 3-meter. This East-Coast girl’s favorite dish is lobster. She also enjoys skiing for leisure, but her forte is diving.
- Favorite Movie: The Great Debaters
- Person she would be for the day: Sasha or Malia Obama
...snip...
-----------------------------------------------
Two youthful PTI clients, Nick and Katie Jessee, excel in competition, as reported in the Concord Journal on January 14, 2010.
From the Concord Journal, January 14, 2010:
Patriots Sweep Arlington
By Stephen Tobey stobey@cnc.com
The Concord-Carlisle boys and girls indoor track teams remained undefeated in Dual County League Small School competition with victories over Arlington last Thursday.
The girls defeated the Spy Ponders, 67-27. Kathleen Dreher finished second in the 55-meter dash (7.92 seconds) and Dominique Blaides was third (8.19). Dreher was also second in the 300 (43.68) and Blaides was third (45.90). Dreher placed first in the long jump (15 feet, 11 inches).
Hannah Parra won the 55-meter hurdles (9.71).
In the 600, Caroline Kimball-Katz was first in 1 minute, 45.34 seconds. Kelsea Budris was first in the 1,000 (3:26.39). Sophie Tilles was second (3:30.15).
In the mile, Kimball-Katz and Katie Jessee went 1-2 in 5:26.34 and 5:26.50.
Jessee also won the 2-mile in 11:58.06.
Alexa Barach won the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and Christine Learned was second (4-8). In the shot put, Karolyn Nyholm was second (27-11).
The boys defeated Arlington, 53-41.
Tom Eldridge and George Craan placed first and second in the 55 meters in 6.82 and 6.90 seconds.
Zander Asara was first in the 55 meter hurdles in 8.31; Eldridge was second (8.91). In the high jump, Eldridge was first (5-8). Gabriel Spivey was second (5-6).
In the 300, Ben Parra won in 38.10 seconds. Garrett O'Sullivan finished second in 39.02.
Charles Horvath and David Blaides placed first and second in the 600 in 1:28.67 and 1:28.96.
In the 1,000, Tomasen Brady was second (2:50.71).
Seamus Lawlor won the mile (4:48.36).
Caleb Malchik was second in the 2-mile (11:14.89). Ben Parra was first in the long jump (18-11). Nick Dragone was third (17-7 1/2).
Wes Palmer and Sean Fidler placed second and third in the shot put (36-5 and 35-7 1/2).
-----------------------------------------------
From the Concord Journal, January 14, 2010:
C-C Places 5 in Belmont Tourney
After beating Weston last Wednesday, the Concord Carlisle wrestling team competed in its first tournament of the year, the Brendon Grant Memorial at Belmont High School. Competing in a 16-team field, CCHS placed five wrestlers.
Junior Nick Jessee led all Patriot wrestlers placing third. Jessee battled his way back from a closely contested loss to the number one-seed with four straight pins and a decisive victory over his rival from Lincoln-Sudbury. Freshman Zach Bloom also reached the consolation finals at 130 but was forced to settle for fourth after losing a decision to the state contender and one-seed from Needham. Senior captain Luke Battle continued his successful season, joining Jessee and Bloom on the podium, winning four matches along the way to fifth place.
Six other CCHS wrestlers collected wins: Nico Callabria (103), Jake Lynch (112), Ty Karman (125), Rick Fadden (140), John Yates (145), and Mike Strang (215). Fadden and Strang reached the semi-finals of the consolation bracket before being forced to exit the tournament prematurely due to injury, but they nevertheless secured sixth place. Karman and Yates won two matches before bowing out of this double elimination tournament.
Earlier in the week, the Patriots visited perennial power, Weston High School. Undaunted by the 21 state titles and 52 sectional titles that hang on the walls of the Weston Pit, CCHS brought home its most decisive victory of the season, winning 54-19. Jake Lynch's pin of Dan Glauber at 112 launched the Patriot attack, which included eight pins. Alex Gromer (119) earned his pin over Zach Brody in the second, while Ty Karman emerged with a hard-fought decision at 125 pounds. Zach Bloom (130) earned a pin at the buzzer, while Nick Jesse put CCHS comfortably ahead with a pin of Matt Lillie at 135. Cam McGrory (152) and Justin Demers (160) added insurance with their consecutive pins, and before the match was complete Chris Yee (189) would win a 5-0 decision over Adam McGean and Mike Strang (215) would add one more pin.
C-C next travels to Newton South on Wednesday and hosts a double dual match at home with Wayland, Acton-Boxborough, and Arlington on Saturday at 9 a.m.
-----------------------------------------------
Another PTI client makes news:
From the Concord Journal, June 25, 2009:
Boynton Shines at Mass. Senior Games
In his first track-and-field meet, Concord resident-entrepreneur John Boynton took top honors in two events recently in the Massachusetts Senior Games competition at Springfield College.
Boynton, a sprinter, won the 200-meter dash in 27.7 seconds and finished second in the 100 meters, in 13.2 seconds. Both events were in the 40-44 age category.
"Those times were particularly impressive since John never went out for track in high school or college," said Yury Klimovitsky, Boynton's coach and owner of Personal Training International Inc. of Acton. Klimovitsky is a former Ukrainian Olympic track-and-field coach.
-----------------------------------------------
Youthful clients also made the news in the Concord Journal, June 25, 2009.
Zach Driscoll and Dan D’Arcy have been PTI clients for two years, and the results are apparent.
Concord Journal, June 25, 2009:
Driscoll an All-America pick for Patriot boys lax
Concord - When Zach Driscoll started playing lacrosse in his sophomore year at Concord-Carlisle, he knew he had some catching up to do if he wanted to compete with athletes who came up through the youth ranks.
“Maybe it helped me,” Driscoll said. “I knew I had a lot of hard work to do because I was behind everyone else.”
When Driscoll finished his high school lacrosse career two weeks
ago in the Patriots’ 11-7 loss to
Playing defense, Driscoll ended his career with 23 goals and 19 assists. This year, he earned Dual County League all-star honors and was the first C-C player to earn All-America honors since Tom Dalicandro became head coach in 2001.
“He’s a game-changer,” said Dalicandro. “He can run coast-to-coast and score. He can guard the other team’s best attack player or he can clear the ball.”
Until his sophomore year, Driscoll played baseball in the spring. His older brother, Donnie (a 2005 C-C graduate) played lacrosse, but Driscoll didn’t really take an interest in the game until he got into high school.
“I watched Donnie play, but at the time baseball was my sport,” Driscoll said. “It seemed like fun, though.
“It was tough at first. I had to learn the rules and get used to playing defense.”
He was a quick learner, however.
“We moved him to defense because we wanted to get him on the field,” Dalicandro said.
One of Donnie’s teammates was John Stone, who was a senior on the 2004 C-C team that won the DCL and made it to the Division 2 East finals. Like Zach Driscoll, Stone played defense and had the same type of presence on the field. Stone went on to play for the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
“John Stone changed games,” Dalicandro said. “He was probably a more polished lacrosse player, but Zach might have had more athletic ability. They had similar styles.”
“I never really knew him,” Driscoll said. “From what I’ve heard, the way he played defense was great. People do bring him up a lot when they talk to me.”
One thing Stone and Driscoll did well was gaining possession of the ball in the defensive end, racing down the field and either scoring a goal or setting up a goal.
He scored a goal on one such play in the game against Walpole. In the fourth quarter of the East semifinal against Medfield, Driscoll picked up a ground ball, went down the field and took a shot that hit the post. Teammate Kirby Sundquist was right there to put in the rebound, however, giving C-C a 5-4 fourth-quarter lead.
“Transition is an important part of our offense,” Driscoll said. “If you can get numbers [down the field] you can make things happen.”
In the Medfield game, the Warriors came back to tie the game and force overtime, but C-C upended the defending Eastern Mass. champs, 6-5 in the extra session.
“We always knew it was possible,” Driscoll said. “They are so good, but we just had to go out and play our best game.”
In addition to reaching the Eastern Mass.finals, C-C also won its third straight league title and finished the season at 22-3.
The team had 15 seniors on its roster, which in the spring can be a double-edged sword. The experience can be helpful, but with all the distractions that can happen in the spring of an athlete’s senior year, keeping focused can be a challenge.
“It starts with Coach D,” Driscoll said. “He kept us motivated.”
This fall, Driscoll will attend Middlebury College. A DCL all-star receiver on the C-C football team, he will play football and lacrosse as a freshman.
“After [freshman year], I’ll probably pick one of them,” he said.
-----------------------------------------------
Concord Journal, June 25, 2009:
D’Arcy represents C-C in Shriners game
Waltham - Dan D’Arcy’s final two weeks as a high school athlete were rather hectic.
Immediately after finishing his season with the Concord-Carlisle boys lacrosse team that played in the MIAA Division 2 East finals, D’Arcy was going to football practice, preparing to play a position he had not played since his sophomore year on a team with lots of unfamiliar faces.
D’Arcy played his final high school football game on Friday, making three tackles and one deflection as a cornerback for the North team in its 27-6 loss to the South in the Shriners Football Classic at Bentley University.
“Oh yeah, I rushed right from lacrosse into football,” said D’Arcy, a four-year member of the CCHS varsity and a three-year starter. “I missed two [football] practices, the ones right before the Walpole [lacrosse] game.”
The Shriners Football Classic features the top graduating senior high school football players from Eastern Massachusetts. D’Arcy is the 12th C-C player selected to the game since its inception in 1979 and the first Patriot to play in it since 2000, when Matt Fritsch played. Jake Kokos was selected in 2005 and Dan Canina in 2007, but they did not play.
Newly hired C-C head football coach Mike Robichaud, who has been on the Patriots’ staff since 2000, played in 1982.
“He never said anything about it,” D’Arcy said. “He’s too humble.”
Recently retired C-C head coach Dick Kerr was on the North’s coaching staff, working with the defensive backs.
“It was good to work with coach Kerr in his last football game,” D’Arcy said.
D’Arcy was C-C’s quarterback for the last two seasons, earning Dual County League all-star honors at that position. Swampscott’s Chris Cameron and Buckingham, Browne & Nichols’ Mike DiChiara were the North’s quarterbacks. When he was breaking into the Patriots’ starting lineup as a sophomore, he was a defensive back, so his role on Friday was not completely unfamiliar.
“It was tough playing cornerback,” he said. “The last few years, I didn’t play defense. It wasn’t too hard. Coach Kerr worked with the defensive backs so we did a lot of what we do at Concord-Carlisle.”
D’Arcy made his first play in the game’s opening series, knocking down a third-down pass from South quarterback Danny Guadagnoli to Christopher Cameron and forcing the South to punt.
“All things considered, he did very well,” Kerr said. “He represented himself and Concord-Carlisle well.”
This fall, D’Arcy will play at Wesleyan University where he will make the switch to yet another position, wide receiver.
-----------------------------------------------
Excerpts from an article by Davis Bushnell, Globe Correspondent, published in the Boston Globe on November 18, 2004:
“CONCORD – As an elementary school student in Ukraine, Yury Klimovitsky was considered, he recalls, a pudgy nonathlete who would never make the grade on the playing fields. But, through perseverance, he would fool them all, becoming a sprinter for that country’s junior track-and-field team and later, from 1992 to 1997, head track coach for the Ukrainian Regional Olympic Training School.
“Since the spring of 2003, Kimovitsky, 43, has been the president-owner-founder of Personal Training International, based at Damonmill Square, off Route 62 in West Concord.
...
“’We bring to our clients European-style conditioning, starting with general conditioning regimens and going on to sports-specific training,’ Klimovitsky said, noting that his clients are actively involved in a variety of sports, including running, cycling, tennis, and hockey."
“Unlike many conventional fitness centers, his studio, Kimovitsky asserted, is goal-oriented. ‘We look at conditioning as building a pyramid, with enhanced performance being the top pyramid.’"
“'And always working toward a goal is a beneficial approach to staying in shape, said Mary Beth Orfao, 47, of Concord. ‘I’ve used personal trainers in the past who had everyone do the same routine things. But Yury tailors exercises to the individual. For example, he has helped me condition my small muscles, and that has made me a more limber tennis player.’"
“Orfao met Klimovitsky four years ago when he was a personal trainer at The Thoreau Club, also in West Concord. In 1997, he emigrated to the Boston area with his wife and two daughters. They became citizens in the fall of 2002 and now live in Sudbury."
“Klimovitsky has been on the run from the start. ‘At one time, I had three part-time jobs, including delivering pizza,’ he said. He now works six days a week developing his business, which, he said, is outgrowing its space in the basement of an old, renovated mill building. ‘We’re looking for 4,000 square feet of space that we could move into next spring or summer.’"
“Rhonda Phalen, 58, who was Klimovitsky’s first client at The Thoreau Club, said, ‘You have to admire Yury for what he’s been able to accomplish in the last seven years. He arrived from the Ukraine without anything except his knowledge of physiology and his experience with Olympic athletes. He learned English by working with his clients.’"
...
“One of the oldest [clients], at 77, is Wendell Sykes of Carlisle. ’When I met Yury seven years ago, he hadn’t trained the elderly,‘ said Sykes, a scientific consultant to the federal government. ‘But we’ve both found that the training techniques for young athletes are applicable to older people, too.’"
“Through various exercises, his arm strength has improved greatly and his heart rate ‘has been significantly lowered,’ Sykes said. His wife, Betsy, a 66-year-old psychologist, has benefited similarly from her workouts, he said."
“’In short, I’m making the most important investment I can in my physical and mental health,’ Sykes said."
...
“Klimovitsky said, ‘This is a business, certainly with all of the challenges of any small firm. But it is also about building lasting relationships with clients.’”