The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.