one of my first memories of gary herbert, which to me seems like it was the day before yesterday, occurred when we all began moving into the governor's office suite just the day before herbert and huntsman were sworn into office. gary came in and provided us all with a warm welcome, but he didn't stop at the welcome. he offered really sound and heartfelt advice about the importance of staying grounded as we were entering the political fray. he explained that long after our service in the huntsman-herbert administration that expired, we would want to be able to look back and be pleased about the relationships that we had formed with each other, but especially the relationships that we had maintained with our families, our children, and god. i soon learned that governor herbert, in addition to being wise and in addition to being a skilled and valuable statesman, was also a formidable athlete. right after he and governor huntsman were sworn in, the staff got together as a team several times in the governor's mansion where we soon discovered there was a ping-pong table in the basement. i then