I love interaction with students. That’s why I get out of bed each day. I love to see kids who are challenged reach down inside themselves and realize that they have all of 'this' inside of themselves and to see it manifest itself.

• We don’t grow at the same rate. We don’t grow at the times people think we should grow.

• A job should not be all-consuming.

• Hiking, biking and things you do in your down time are just as important, if not more so, than your job.

• People are precious commodities.

• It’s not easy to be a father and it’s even more difficult to be a parent.

• I’ve learned the importance of giving and having a giving spirit.

• Mothers are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for being.

• If you have a problem, face it, fix it and forget it.

• My church and my church family are very important to me.

• It’s important to be tough on students even when they don’t understand why. They know that I’m going to tell them the truth and I think that’s why a lot of them come to me.