She's influenced a lot of people and put her fingerprints on a lot of lives.

We need to clean up Congress. The people of Western North Carolina want to know that lobbyists and their special-interest money are no longer running the show in Washington.

I think the kids from Liberty and Staunton River are going to surprise some people. I think our Seminole is going to have a strong showing at the state (tournament).

We ... view it as an anti-immigrant issue. You can't have a deed restriction saying, 'No Latinos.' But they're trying to have local ordinances that say immediate families (only). ... Are they going back to the white families to see if a cousin is living there? The answer is no. It truly is directed at the new Latino immigrant population.

These residents are making their judgments because of race, national origin and religion.

I came in and inherited a great team, and that got me off on a great start because we were so competitive and so successful, and I just tried to build on that foundation that was there. It was such a great tradition, and I just wanted to carry that on.