Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up.

You've got to grow up sometime.

When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.