I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to read more

I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to do as good as this next year. I'm going to go out, try my hardest and keep that same mind frame.

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of read more

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.

We don't have to have body guards yet,

We don't have to have body guards yet,

When you reflect on Sept. 11 and the tragedy of that day, one of the things that came out of read more

When you reflect on Sept. 11 and the tragedy of that day, one of the things that came out of that was the goodness of humanity,

Our effort was there, but when you don't shoot the ball well, you're not going to win. Thirty-nine points is read more

Our effort was there, but when you don't shoot the ball well, you're not going to win. Thirty-nine points is not going to win a game against a team that has played in two state tournaments in a row.

It's a real grind and our kids did pretty well.

It's a real grind and our kids did pretty well.

I'm absolutely sure we're having people check it out that never would have gone to a 'Christian' movie. I went read more

I'm absolutely sure we're having people check it out that never would have gone to a 'Christian' movie. I went with 30 of my close friends, and we walked away having these amazing spiritual conversations together.

The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed read more

The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed as if anyone could do better than I did. In every part I was worse than in the one before, and even my mother admitted that it would be a mercy if gestures could be dispensed with entirely.