The past couple years my name has popped up at the trade deadline, (and) I've been traded a couple of times already. I don't think about that. I just hope we get an agreement, get a deal done, and I can stay here.

We can't feel sorry about ourselves and take back what we did. We've just got to bounce back and win the next game.

If it was my call, there wouldn't be shootouts. It has more to do with pee-wee hockey; it's good for kids.

We went to the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong this past December because trade is so important to corn growers and to agriculture in general — we need to have access to the worldwide market. We applaud the efforts of this administration's work on free trade agreements.

Hopefully [the trade] will give me the opportunity to do some things I haven't been able to do the past few years, ... Clymer, myself and guys who have played in the playoffs and know what it's about and know how to win, we'll be able to show some [of the young] guys the way.

This means 71 veto points for each member state. That is quite a strong safeguard