«He is excited about the challenge and looking forward to it. He's been training very hard. He wanted to run here. He had heard about the course from other Ethiopians who have run here.»

«This is not the real Woodstock. They messed up. They messed up the whole name of Woodstock.»

«I talked to pros like Shaw Grigsby and Roland Martin after John won that year, and they all agreed that it probably was the first time a guy who fished in his first pro tournament ever won over $100,000 at it. I wasn't surprised John won at Mead, though, because he always fishes well there. We always say it's tougher to fish in San Diego tournaments because you end up fishing the clock, people and in such a small area of fish that we're lucky to get our spots. At Mead, unless someone is following you, you get big parts of the lake to yourself.»

«I had the fish on a rope at the end of the dock, and I told John to pull the rope up because at the end was a fish we've been fishing for since we were kids, the one we've been dreaming of catching. When he pulled that rope up, he pulled it ever so slowly, like an inch at a time. And there on the end was that 20-pounder, and it no longer was a dream, but something we both could see and touch.»

«If the students aren't here, they aren't able to learn what is taught.»

«We are in this to make money. It's not a science fair project.»

«This focus on consumer needs is the next step in our evolution.»

«The only question was whether she'd be able to play inside at the college level.»

«Oh, we're trying to catch fish. How'd it go? Well, it was a fun trip but it didn't pan out too well. Little high, little muddy.»

«Some people who weren't able to run for more than a couple minutes at once have finished a marathon and they did that within a year starting out in this group.»