I truly believe our league is the toughest league (in the state) as far as teams from top to bottom. read more

I truly believe our league is the toughest league (in the state) as far as teams from top to bottom. On any given night, any given team can get a victory.

I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our read more

I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our list of horses we thought were possible or probable seemed to be shrinking a bit. But when we got the last round of major preps, the list started growing again -- even though two horses (Brother Derek and Lawyer Ron) you'd regard as the favorites scored emphatic victories.

The worst thing that can happen is when the bull jumps, he sets you up so that you lean way read more

The worst thing that can happen is when the bull jumps, he sets you up so that you lean way back,

The amount of turnovers was unbelievable, especially at the beginning. It seemed like we never got a shot off for read more

The amount of turnovers was unbelievable, especially at the beginning. It seemed like we never got a shot off for such a long period of time.

School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any read more

School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any way they want.

A lot of kids could be out like Whitney and not come to practice. But she would come from physical read more

A lot of kids could be out like Whitney and not come to practice. But she would come from physical therapy every day to practice and do what she could. ... She's the glue that holds us together.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

I'm very entrenched in where I'm at and what I'm doing,

I'm very entrenched in where I'm at and what I'm doing,

[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... We have people on read more

[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... We have people on the ground. We have offered our center and resources to the state of Texas ... There's a good clearinghouse in Austin (and) we have offered to assist them in any way we can...