I basically lost everything. By the time we knew we had to get out, there was no time. I brought my laptop, my cell phone, a change of clothes and a pair of shoes and some of my boots.

Right now council is a part-time job but for me [but] I would want it to be a full-time job, ... I'm going to take it very seriously and spend a lot of my extra time out in the community to try and figure out some of the problems that aren't being heard.

I think that in my plays you can come in for 20 minutes and get something out of it. I'd like to do a play that would run for days. I don't think time is that important. Nature doesn't hurry the sky, the changing clouds and sunsets.

Catfish spend a lot more time grubbing around on the bottom. And bigger catfish are more susceptible because they've been out there grubbing around a lot longer.

It's all signed, set, and I'm ready to go, ... It is a nice position to be in at this time of the year. It is nice to have that behind me and just concentrate on the job in hand and try and win races this year.

I'm officially retiring from gymnastics ... and it's kind of difficult. I think it's time. I want to stay at the top of the game, but if I don't have it, I'm not going to do it.