This year it's a little easier, they make less mistakes in practice. I don't have to do so much repetition, read more

This year it's a little easier, they make less mistakes in practice. I don't have to do so much repetition, because they know what to do and what to expect.

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Beautiful places, they were. They had porches in front, high ceilings in the apartments. You could watch the West Albany read more

Beautiful places, they were. They had porches in front, high ceilings in the apartments. You could watch the West Albany fireworks. But that was long before your time.

We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, read more

We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, and every day it was snowing. Joe went to school, and I had to stay in the house all the time, watching the snow.

War is the science of destruction.

War is the science of destruction.

There wasn't anything I could do about it. I lost three docks. I've been here 35 years, and I've never read more

There wasn't anything I could do about it. I lost three docks. I've been here 35 years, and I've never seen devastation like this.

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a read more

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a way, it's been nice because we're all learning and growing. Once we got past the stage where we were making errors, we started to understand what we are capable of doing. There's always a chance.

What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it read more

What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it go to their heads. They still have to go out and work hard every single day in order to maintain it.

Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The read more

Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The score doesn't reflect how hard these kids work.