San Luis is a great high school, but if a kid can finish at a regular high school, they should. I'm not attacking San Luis, but it's a continuation high school. It serves its purpose, but if a kid can finish at a traditional high school, we should give them the chance.

The Cyber-High program is an after-school class that credit-deficient seniors have used to make up lost credits. Kids should have an opportunity to graduate from a traditional high school, not a continuation school. Everyone should have that opportunity.

Everything everybody says about him -- the hype -- it's true. I haven't seen anyone coming in out of high school like him, and I came in with [1999 high school player of the year] Brock Berlin .

I like to run and I like to drink. This race is the perfect fit for me.

I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after IU, I went on to study at the Academy of Arts in Philadelphia. I graduated in 2006.

I went to [Kettle-Moraine High School], 20 miles outside the city [in Wales, Wis.], and I've stayed in touch with some of my friends. So it's definitely special coming here. I got to spend time with everybody when I came in earlier in the season [with the Reds], but this is business now.