I think the funding for recruiting has gotten a lot better, too. They're able to get down here. Plus, there are a lot more I-A schools. All of that stuff has got to come into play as well.

I didn't know if we'd be ready for this one or not. The last few games we've been driving the ball but shooting ourselves in the foot. Tonight we were able to go a couple plays and then out the gate. ... It was an all-around good effort.

They are closing the mine in two weeks, they say. Six days a week bumping down in the gondola, pecking out the rocks and hauling them back up, doing it again the next day for twenty-seven years, one cave-in, three thin raises, and a failed strike. Where am I going to go every day, what am I going to do with all that sunshine?

If I was a shareholder I'd be rooting for a breakup.

Your body just feels so much better coming off it. The regular turf we have now just puts a pounding on the body – knees, ankles, everything's hurting.

I am a citizen of the world.