I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.

I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.

I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

My parents are high school sweethearts.

Grade school, middle school and high school were relatively easy for me, and with little studying, I was an honor student every semester, graduating 5th in my high school class.