Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

This might be one way to have the business community interact with the education community.

It was a significant reduction.

Right now, I would say it's disconnected. It doesn't mean that we don't have our kids out in businesses, but there is a lot of industry in the area, large employers, and there has been a disconnect there.

He taught us with his actions as well as his words -- he taught the power of nonviolence for human dignity. He was a humble man from ordinary beginnings who became a great man and a hero and one of our greatest teachers.