As you might imagine, he's got many friends that he'll see as he travels ... and they'll suggest that this person be nominated to the federal bench.

[Asked in an interview on FOX News Channel's] Fox & Friends ... I don't think you should be disqualified from being considered for an important position simply because you have a relationship with the person making the decision on who to nominate. You have to look first at a person's qualifications.

We're all pretty close friends, a tight little bunch. If we had to go up there, we wouldn't mind. We would make that the meeting place. It was understood that Lorenzo had to take care of his responsibilities.

I started coming to UTEP games in 1965 and became a season-ticket holder in 1970.

This may be the most important thing a president does. We pay a lot of attention.

The best part is you always have friends around, no matter what. It's either one, two or all three of them. You always have somebody to be with or walk to class with or just hang out and talk.