The rest of the world did not go away because New York was attacked. There are many many problems in the world we need to address, not just that one.

That is one of the most amazing experiences I have had. Rehearsing in New York for the week, getting no sleep and actually going to studios in New York was great. It was just like the professionals live.

If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

If he missed, we were going home, and the whole thing about New York probably would have changed. He had the guts to take it, and that wasn't the only big shot he took. When coach (Don) Chaney was here, we used to run isolation plays for him at the end of the game to catch the ball and go one-on-one. Do you know how tough that is? And he would make shots. He was tough.

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

We would go to exhibitions all over the world ? to Paris, London, New York ? and dad just wanted to come home.