I was scared 'cause I thought I was going to come up here and mess up. I thought I would not focus because I no longer had someone telling me what to do, but thankfully it all worked out for the best.

When I was a freshman living in the dorms I went home a lot, but now that I live off-campus I really can't stay home for a long period of time.

I would say to anyone on their own for the first time to take what you learned from home and apply it to your life now. It will help you in the long run here.

I expected a lot of parties, different cultures and seeing people sticking with others from their hometown.

He was one of the last ones I would have thought would get into that.

People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law. He must be faithful to the Constitution and statutes passed by Congress. Fidelity to the Constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my life and the hallmark of the kind of judge I have tried to be.