Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you.

Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us into a fatal slumber while it sucks the lifeblood of our veins.

For us to hang in there against the number one team in the state like that ... I'm just so proud of our kids. And Wendy and Kate, they were tremendous.

We'll rent a car and we'll just drive. There's nowhere we have to go. The trips are just us, and we stay together.

A lot of us weren't ready for it. I'm thankful that we have a guy like Joe that will come out and push us to do it, not just someone who tells us to do it and walks away. He pushes you to work, and that's what everybody needs.

Their defense was great. They gave us one shot and we were done. We were not patient enough.