There were also a couple of groups that didn't work out, and I didn't think they would. It reinforced my instincts in the right direction.

To have faith doesn't mean you get any less frustrated when you don't do your best, but you know that it's not life and death. Take what you're given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going.

It took an entire year of work.

There is work we can do at the statewide level. We can put pressure and let statewide know that we want our fees lower for education.

I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life.

I have to give him a lot of credit, because he definitely didn't play his best golf this week. He whipped the field playing lousy.