The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.
There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.
You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.
Our agricultural colleges continue to graduate specialists who become vocational agricultural teachers in the schools, and county agents, who go forth to extol the virtues of poison insecticides, herbicides, and commercial fertilizers.
I enjoy my life very much.
I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.
I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.
I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.
I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.
I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.
I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.
I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.
Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.
Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.
