It's not a question of it being important to me; it is me. It is the essence of everything that I am. I cannot ignore this call of God in my life – it is the sole reason I have a life.

We should not be at all surprised if something similar to Hurricane Katrina mirrors itself in California. There have been lots of articles written about the failure of levees in the [Sacramento-San Joaquin] Delta, the loss of drinking water in California. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

To be or not to be. That's not really a question.

In essence, it's not so much what Penn State does, but it's how we're going to react to them. If we swing at good pitches, then we should be successful.

You have to question whether it's legal for the state, in essence, to take away benefits from a pension system that people have been paying into, where they've been promised, with nothing in return - not a negotiated reduction, nothing.

I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.