I would drive (by) there often and pray that no child would get in there and hurt themselves.

I would certainly advocate for that. We'd be very disappointed if we didn't do that. We certainly realize Emmett Scott played a vital spot in the history of Tyler ... We certainly want to remember and commemorate Emmett Scott and what it meant to this community.

We are certainly proud to recognize Black History Month in our city.

But it still hurts. It hurt the team. I probably did like, this, on the guy. I don't know, man. That's the way it's been around here.

If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I'm past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it's gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way.

Are you hurt?"
"Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.