We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations, read more

We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations, and at the last one in July we had 99. It's amazing. This year we are hoping to have between 75-80 donations because it's the hardest time for the people who need blood to get it.

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you read more

When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you won't be any good, ... But when you really research it, you see those guys have played and they have the ability. The great thing about athletics is that what's written doesn't make any difference. It's what you do.

My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. read more

My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. Now, we've gotten almost 70 over the last five years.

Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these read more

Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these guys don't play anymore. But, our main thing, one of the constant things, is that we give band instruments to the high school and middle schools (of north central Wisconsin). That's the really big thing that we do.

For five years I worked at the [Commerce Department] and did econometric modeling, and you could never get these numbers read more

For five years I worked at the [Commerce Department] and did econometric modeling, and you could never get these numbers to load into consumption numbers. They're not leading indicators or coincident indicators. They don't tell you a lot.

We've done a good job taking it one game at a time. My mentality has worn off on the kids. read more

We've done a good job taking it one game at a time. My mentality has worn off on the kids. If you overlook anybody it will hurt you.

It was good to get them under our belt. North Carolina wasn't really a close match. We owed them a read more

It was good to get them under our belt. North Carolina wasn't really a close match. We owed them a little revenge there because we lost to them earlier in the year, so it was a big win.