I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning/Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by/They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

The spirit of resiliency defeats all trials and tribulations.

Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

It’s up to the captain. I certainly feel my golf is worthy of playing in the Ryder Cup. But I’m not sure I’m on the radar screen of Paul McGinley.

Les masses ont tort et les individus toujours raison. The masses are wrong; individuals are always right.

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

That's the great thing about plankton. It pretty much keeps to itself.

If you believe what you say, words will become reality.

Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May.

And so there is magic.