As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.

The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.