My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
Sam DonaldsonBut as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
Sam DonaldsonIf you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.
Sam DonaldsonMy mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
Sam Donaldson