I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.

I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry

I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.

I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.