Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.

I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world.

I'm not ashamed to be a Christian. But you don't have to be in the pew every Sunday to know that there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says, "I'm going to go to Washington, try to get back to our constitutional roots, devolve the centralization of government back to the states." So why would you want to be up there if the action is down here in the states?

A leader gets things done.

I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops.