My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay read more

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded read more

It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded going to the training room every day because I knew what was going to happen. It was a lot of pain, but I wanted to come back.

Right now we're not going to cut anything back, because the schedules are already set. Sports participation is an important read more

Right now we're not going to cut anything back, because the schedules are already set. Sports participation is an important part of the whole educational concept, and if you don't have extracurricular things to do, some kids just don't make it.

I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my read more

I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my dad's albums,

When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, read more

When you're a young couple just trying to survive anyway and then a storm comes and strips you of everything, you don't have much choice but to move on.

My family and I sat down and discussed this. I was just spread too thin, dealing with my home and read more

My family and I sat down and discussed this. I was just spread too thin, dealing with my home and the administrative duties.

I felt like there's a lot of kids that could have played quarterback. We picked (Doolittle) because he's a big read more

I felt like there's a lot of kids that could have played quarterback. We picked (Doolittle) because he's a big kid, got a great arm and he runs the offense that we're going to be using.

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do the right thing and work read more

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do the right thing and work hard. Everything else should take care of itself.

This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people read more

This year we are expecting 2,000 walkers due to the circumstances Hurricane Katrina has left us with. We want people to come out and participate as a way to help reduce the stress everyone has been feeling.