Not having a clue as to what type of act I'd perform, I borrowed a friend's drum set, contacted Van ...
DAN RUCKER We want to put something together where we can focus on a lot of beach music. We're gonna take it sl...
DAN RUCKER There's a lot to learn from this week. A game is just a game.
DAN RUCKER I imagine it's going to be a really physical battle like it always is between these teams. But they'...
DAN RUCKER We were a little nervous at the end there. But they stepped up at the end, and Ryan Goodwin was grea...
DAN RUCKER Our motto is play hard to play another day.
DAN RUCKER They are a scrappy team. You have to box out against them.
DAN RUCKER I think our league matches up very well. Typically the teams coming out of here have been fairly suc...
DAN RUCKER We came out of the half and just played some good solid basketball.
DAN RUCKER There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.
DARIUS RUCKER Success doesn't suck.
DARIUS RUCKER Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'L...
DARIUS RUCKER I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charl...
DARIUS RUCKER I had an AM radio and listened to Al Green, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Charley Pride and Cheap Tri...
DARIUS RUCKER I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They&...
DARIUS RUCKER Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them...
RUDY RUCKER That's the story of our team all year. We never quit. I knew we would play hard the entire game.
ANDY RUCKER The Temecula Valley is kind of stuck in a corner and we don't get very much recognition for our area...
ANDY RUCKER We've got kids stepping up and playing in positions they haven't been in all year, so it's taking so...
ANDY RUCKER In a lot of our games we started down, so the kids don't panic if we get down in the first half. (Gr...
ANDY RUCKER It's hard to beat any team when you're shooting 20 percent on the game.
ANDY RUCKER I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired t...
DARIUS RUCKER Arnold Palmer is my favorite, just getting to know him and all of the film on him and his game. He w...
DARIUS RUCKER I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.
RUDY RUCKER It's not good, it's just not good.
BILL RUCKER We are behind the curve, so unless people stop watering outside, we're going to be at a critical mom...
BILL RUCKER There is no doubt confusion played a role in the first day.
BILL RUCKER We made the decision that one day wouldn't make a huge difference. But then the next day, people wer...
BILL RUCKER By Saturday, I predict being in a crisis mode where I've got areas with no water. However we got her...
BILL RUCKER Don't irrigate outside until next week. This is real folks. This is not a drill.
BILL RUCKER For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listen...
DARIUS RUCKER Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.
DARIUS RUCKER I was born in September. I hated the name when I was a kid, but I've grown with it. My dad wanted to...
FROSTEE RUCKER I'm always toast when I'm lined up versus 5.
FROSTEE RUCKER If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's...
RUDY RUCKER No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.
DARIUS RUCKER Dan has tremendous speed and when he's coming, he's tagging you. I think those two things the speed ...
MIKE RUCKER We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholar...
DARIUS RUCKER If my music career was my golf game, I'd be playing for about 26 people tonight somewhere.
DARIUS RUCKER All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one ...
RUDY RUCKER Sometimes in this league you just get spanked, and you usually come back the next week looking to at...
MIKE RUCKER You can't spot them those points at the beginning. If you don't do that, it might be a different out...
MIKE RUCKER We're just knocking the rust off.
MIKE RUCKER Anyone can be big guy. But it takes someone pretty special to be able to move as fast he does at tha...
MIKE RUCKER We'll still be messing with him in the training room. We need to keep (him) feeling connected.
MIKE RUCKER The defensive backs, they will do what they have to do. But the best thing for us to do is get our h...
MIKE RUCKER Ice Cube is doing so great. He went from being this hardcore gangster rapper to this actor now. He&#...
DARIUS RUCKER Getting people to come play my 'Darius and Friends Show' was so easy because it's for St...
DARIUS RUCKER 'Cracked Rear View' was a phenomenon. You look at the records you consider creative of the '90s and ...
DARIUS RUCKER I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Cha...
DARIUS RUCKER It's a team, and it works hand in hand. If your DBs aren't giving you any kind of coverage, it doesn...
MIKE RUCKER As a defensive lineman you have to find yourself other ways to make plays and get yourself in the ga...
MIKE RUCKER He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay.
MIKE RUCKER That's when I knew that Jenks was pretty close to his old self. He used a really good move to get by...
MIKE RUCKER Since I've been here, I've never really seen him miss any time. He had that foot problem around the ...
MIKE RUCKER He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre. You don't see him as a mobile quarterback. He ma...
MIKE RUCKER There was a point where we were losing a lot of close games. We were right there, but we were losing...
MIKE RUCKER I think what you have to do is turn it up in preparation. You have to do the little things, like wat...
MIKE RUCKER It's like you have a car and you have a bad rim, you are going to feel that when you are driving. Wh...
MIKE RUCKER It's great to get back on stride because you don't want to limp in. You want to walk through that do...
MIKE RUCKER It doesn't matter what they say. You have to back it up.
MIKE RUCKER Records and things like that are made to be broken. The odds can come out on a game and you might be...
MIKE RUCKER That's what the Falcons are known for. They all do it.
MIKE RUCKER In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. I just kind of got caught. ...
MIKE RUCKER It's so hard for Pep because once you start to do big things, the expectations keep growing and grow...
MIKE RUCKER It was frustrating to keep your mouth shut all week. What we did was focus that energy inward and le...
MIKE RUCKER I think each guy does a great job. Each guy brings his own personality to it. We haven't had anybody...
MIKE RUCKER We said, 'Hey, we're not going to be distracted by the lack of people. We're not going to be distrac...
MIKE RUCKER I was devastated when I heard the news. I just didn't want to believe it. We know he's in a better p...
MIKE RUCKER Two-a-days do get you in shape in a certain way. But then there's that cutoff point where guys are g...
MIKE RUCKER Rome wasn't built in a day.
MIKE RUCKER This team is good. We'll see them definitely one more time, and if anybody has anything to do with i...
MIKE RUCKER But at the end of the day, we're going to carry more weight because we're the line and we're the fou...
MIKE RUCKER Say we didn't lose Jenks last year,
MIKE RUCKER A lot of people put stock in the sack column, but if you hit a quarterback and it gets picked off, t...
MIKE RUCKER You can't get caught up in how many sacks does a guy have because it doesn't tell the whole story. P...
MIKE RUCKER I feel like we've got a good mixture of guys. We don't try to overpower each other, but have enough ...
MIKE RUCKER It was tough this week not to talk with our mouth. It's tough to have them keep slamming you. But we...
MIKE RUCKER We have to rush the passer, and Vince is a runner, too. So we've got to play our keys right, we've b...
FROSTEE RUCKER They started off hot. But what counts is the fourth quarter and how you finish. It's not how you sta...
MIKE RUCKER Golf is the greatest but most maddening sport there is.
DARIUS RUCKER What I love about each album is the opportunity to expand on what we've done in the past - to pu...
DARIUS RUCKER I love Hootie & the Blowfish and what we do, but that's not my main focus anymore.
DARIUS RUCKER When I'm singing a song, I'm in that song, and I'm thinking about what emotions I should...
DARIUS RUCKER If it wasn't for Kenny Rogers, I don't think I would be in country music. He was that guy wh...
DARIUS RUCKER I used to love watching 'Hee Haw' on TV when I was a kid. My brothers and sisters weren'...
DARIUS RUCKER I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It&...
DARIUS RUCKER I've got some great stuff in my sports memorabilia collection. But my favorite thing by far is t...
DARIUS RUCKER I love it. I'd do it again any time, and I'm sure we'll do it for other records. It was awesome. We ...
DARIUS RUCKER Our sound is a combination of a lot of influences,
DARIUS RUCKER I'm hoping the backlash is over. We've been going through that for the past eight years.
DARIUS RUCKER If one of our faces wasn't there, we'd probably quit.
DARIUS RUCKER We realized instantly it was going to be like that. People wanted to compare it to what we'd d done ...
DARIUS RUCKER It's not a concern. Guys are going to get nicked up. You have to get in the treatment room and let y...
MIKE RUCKER If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science ...
RUDY RUCKER Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.
RUDY RUCKER When you're doing a Motley Crue tribute record, you can ask anyone to do it, and they're not...
DARIUS RUCKER It was such a blur. All we saw was that the shows were getting bigger. It's like people say, a lot o...
DARIUS RUCKER He definitely has some feet and showed that last week. Without Shaun in there, he made up for that. ...
MIKE RUCKER I turned to my wife and said, 'Honey, I'm in trouble.'
DARIUS RUCKER Dave LaChapelle talked me into it, ... I thought it was going to be no big deal, probably not too ma...
DARIUS RUCKER We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ash...
DARIUS RUCKER Let's start rolling with it now. This is a good test, because they're No. 1 in the nation in rushing...
FROSTEE RUCKER Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon.
DARIUS RUCKER One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with...
DARIUS RUCKER It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.
RUDY RUCKER I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with country until I ride off in the sunset.
DARIUS RUCKER We wanted to have our own nice, small label that has respect in the industry. We're really looking f...
DARIUS RUCKER Don is our George Martin,
DARIUS RUCKER is always sold-out, and it's always a lot of fun. There's always something different.
DARIUS RUCKER We don't talk with our mouths! We talk with our pads!
MIKE RUCKER Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.
RUDY RUCKER Lafayette came out tough and strong. We weren't ready for a tough and strong team. They came out str...
GWEN RUCKER We didn't get excited because it wasn't a good win. It wasn't a blowout. It wasn't anything but a wi...
GWEN RUCKER When he stayed back this year it wasn't just to have fun. It was to put his signature on his work.
FROSTEE RUCKER He tore that game up, so we'll have our hands full.
FROSTEE RUCKER Mello. We've been here before.
FROSTEE RUCKER The rivalry means a lot. I've been watching it ever since I can remember. I can't say I hate them. I...
FROSTEE RUCKER They were talking a lot of mess all month. We heard it.
FROSTEE RUCKER I think it's going to be a real battle and I can't wait for it. It's just put up or shut up right no...
FROSTEE RUCKER We need to come up and make a name for ourselves. We had a really good week of practice and we know ...
FROSTEE RUCKER He was our disciplinarian, our probation officer, basically. He had a big impact on recruiting, and ...
FROSTEE RUCKER Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.
DARIUS RUCKER The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I wa...
DARIUS RUCKER Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that&...
DARIUS RUCKER I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.
DARIUS RUCKER Whether you are on stage or playing golf, all it takes is one person to throw everything off.
DARIUS RUCKER It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.
DARIUS RUCKER I expect to make a career out of country music.
DARIUS RUCKER Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don&#...
DARIUS RUCKER When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.
DARIUS RUCKER I pay almost no attention to the charts.
DARIUS RUCKER I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.
DARIUS RUCKER When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much a...
DARIUS RUCKER I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who e...
DARIUS RUCKER We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.
DARIUS RUCKER I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.
DARIUS RUCKER For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used ...
RUDY RUCKER I'm OK with selling as long as the money is sufficient to warrant the move.
LEWIS RUCKER The reality is that that child lives with us for 6 1/2 hours a day. The reality is, societal changes...
KATHY RUCKER The public expectation is changing. It is expected as an entitlement that we provide that care.
KATHY RUCKER We have to take that child's lunch, look at it and work the carbohydrates through a formula. Some pr...
KATHY RUCKER A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
DAN QUAYLE My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put you...
DAN GABLE I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You ...
DAN MARINO I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
DAN QUAYLE Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so...
DAN RATHER There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has chang...
DAN RATHER We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We ar...
DAN QUAYLE We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
DAN GABLE When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people ...
DAN PINK I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I&...
DAN WHELDON My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island'...
DAN SHECHTMAN One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be ...
DAN QUAYLE Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
DAN KAMINSKY I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by t...
DAN JENKINS The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing m...
DAN JENKINS Vijay Singh won a playoff in 2004 at Whistling Straits after a final-round 76, which was the highest...
DAN JENKINS Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.
DAN PHILLIPS The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star,...
DAN JENKINS I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
DAN QUINN I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.
DAN GILBERT I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is a...
DAN HILL When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm ...
DAN HILL I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I do...
DAN HILL When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listen...
DAN HILL Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of ...
DAN HILL The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best w...
DAN HILL My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
DAN HILL One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew ...
DAN HILL I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy...
DAN HILL When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Fra...
DAN HILL With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want hi...
DAN HILL I got the big BMW X5, and I didn't like it. It was just too big, and I didn't feel comfortab...
DAN HILL In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our we...
DAN HILL Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kan...
DAN HILL When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop s...
DAN HILL Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress i...
DAN HILL Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
DAN HILL Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a hou...
DAN HILL If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilit...
DAN HILL At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen i...
DAN HILL To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by...
DAN HILL I missed my father so much when he died that writing about his life and mine was a way of bringing h...
DAN HILL I was wired to be intense. I don't think that's ever going to change.
DAN HILL I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.
DAN HICKS I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
DAN HICKS I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: t...
DAN HICKS There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over.
DAN HICKS About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises t...
DAN HICKS There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to ...
DAN HICKS I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labe...
DAN HICKS I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'...
DAN HICKS My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, an...
DAN HICKS Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stag...
DAN HICKS There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the wor...
DAN HICKS And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time war...
DAN HICKS It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better?
DAN HICKS When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we ...
DAN HAWKINS We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we'v...
DAN HAWKINS