He gave me all I could handle. There were some tense moments, but I made it through and jumped on off. I hardly got dirty.

I've been stepped on, but that's about it, knock wood. But even that, you can feel it. You know you've been stepped on. Still, I was out there riding the next week.

I got beat up more in wrestling than I do out here on a bull. You'd think it would be the other way around.

It feels like about an hour when you're actually out there. The bull's doing its thing, you're trying to do yours. It's not easy, but I was able to ride it all the way tonight.

There's something to be said for any boy growing up among lots of other boys who like to play basketball and football, while all I wanted to do was put on musicals. Mentally, I was always in my own world.

The market is looking for numbers that will add to the information set regarding what the Fed might do at their Oct. 5 meeting. The odds have been greatly reduced by what happened Tuesday and with the wording of June 29-30 (Federal Open Market Committee meeting) minutes, but we need more information to see if that's true.