I enjoy beating myself from the previous year. It's a hobby. You have to enjoy it. You've got to have a passion in life. Growing fruit, growing good fruit, is my passion. I'm not saying I'm successful at it, but ...

It's a snapshot of how we did growing apples. If they would taste our apples I know I'd do better. My grandfather always grew better-tasting fruit on this shale soil.

Growing farm show apples starts now with pruning the trees. In fact, it goes back to selecting the varieties to plant. You don't just go out and pick them.

I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years.

The Earth forgives the previous year every year.

My numbers are down from previous years, but I feel like this is my best all-around year. I feel like I've grown as a player through all the stuff that's happened with our team. It's been a trying year for us, but I feel like I've grown up because of it.