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.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

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

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.

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

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.