With the river right down the street here and the whole idea of Sarah Orne Jewett, I thought it would be fitting to commission a composer to set her texts to music.

I thought we dug a hole early. In the first half, our guards were in what I'd call a panic mode.

You?re doing very well. But you?re not there yet.

I've really developed an interest in reptiles. I didn't know anything about them when I bought Spot, and I thought it was time that I learned. . . .There are few animals I don't want to know more about.

I got tired of looking at it. I thought I might as well pick it up.

I knew one of his assistants had left to go to Penn State Beaver and I thought he might need some help. I probably would have ended up as a volunteer coach some place, but Scott told me to come over and that's how it started.