He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot read more

He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of good things going for him.

We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year read more

We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year this crowd has gotten bigger and better. I think there's 100-150 people in there tonight.

But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money read more

But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money than the county initially earmarked. The initial signs show we are getting a positive response. We'll see what the upshot is.

Some of the grounds will seem bare. It will change the park.

Some of the grounds will seem bare. It will change the park.

I can't take a well-tanned person seriously

I can't take a well-tanned person seriously

This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the read more

This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the time. .

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

To rebound from losing to Mansfield on Monday and to be down 10-3 at halftime, it would have been an read more

To rebound from losing to Mansfield on Monday and to be down 10-3 at halftime, it would have been an easy thing for them to pack it in. We talked about some things at halftime and put it on their shoulders to come out in the second half and do it, and they did it one goal at a time. I'm really proud of them.

What linebackers do is run and tackle, so you can't change the game to make it any easier. Besides, this read more

What linebackers do is run and tackle, so you can't change the game to make it any easier. Besides, this sort of thing really gets your focus sharp. What we're looking to do in this game, it kind of takes over everything else -- you really have to look at the opportunity you have instead of who's missing.