Anytime you make waves, you're not making friends. You're viewed as an oddball. For most of the faculty, athletics does not affect their vital interest. They've come to the University of Texas knowing what it is, and they expect it.

I don't see any purpose in a gross receipts tax. It's inequitable. The best way to tax a business is through an income tax.

You know that you're a true friend when somebody says "But what about that wart on the end of his nose?" and your honest response is "What wart?". You see true friends accept you for what you are, wart and all.

Then I had another brother who wanted to come, ... Then my sister called and she had friends, and they had friends. And I said, 'Bring them all.'

I already postponed a trip over to Tampa to see some friends and I don't think I can get away with doing that again. But I sure would like to stick around here and see some of those great Yankees. This has been great. I hope they do it again next spring.

I have friends who definitely sort of turn up their noses at what they consider to be the hokiness of this show, ... But when you meet these people coming off buses and planes, you can't help feeling good about who they are and where they're from. ... Are we going to bring them in and make fun of them? It's completely the opposite.