Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people read more

The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We read more

We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We don't want to do anything to create a backlash.

They get into the mind-set where they believe they can win every game. Tradition has a lot to do with read more

They get into the mind-set where they believe they can win every game. Tradition has a lot to do with it.

We?re still trying to find ourselves on the mound.

We?re still trying to find ourselves on the mound.

It's a good feeling that you've been part of the gentle and considerate repopulation of these rural areas, as well read more

It's a good feeling that you've been part of the gentle and considerate repopulation of these rural areas, as well as creating the employment opportunities for the local kids to leave school and get a proper job.

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness read more

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in. - Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence.