To hear your own words read out loud like that the day after you wrote them was just heady stuff for a 17-year-old.

It was just a huge story for our little paper to cover. It was for us what Katrina is for people down South right now.

My first thought was this might not be a good day and that thought became true as the day went along.

It should be a good day of wrestling, with a lot of good semi-final matches.

I've been reflecting on our friendship all day and I can't tell you how important Butch was to all of us. He didn't have a lot but he would give you what he had.

(The doctors) say they got it all. I'm getting better each day. ... It's a long recovery. I'll take two steps forward and then one step back, but I'm definitely feeling better more and more each day.