You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.

You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.

When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship.

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.

My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin' because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn't wearing shorts.