Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

My grandfather said, "When you become senile, you won't know it."

The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them.

God has a sense of humor though and he must see funny things in us. He must also have some love. We're still here and there are still great things that go on. There are great doctors who discover how to separate twins and how to put together a human being to walk again after it's said he won't. Those are all there as signs.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade boys because I felt that was an important time for them. I had gone astray at that point in my life and really wanted to help keep them from making the same mistake I had made.

You know my father's favorite game? Come here and pull my finger.