I really didn't go that hard, although a couple of years I did. Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. they're just goin' all the time.

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

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while.

My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.

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