A Budweiser executive once grabbed me at a conference and told me how great our site was and how much good it was doing them. He didn't give me a check though.

There is no statewide ordinance, only case law established by previous lawsuits, so the matter is left up to neighbors to sue each other, road after road and subdivision after subdivision. The question is, how many times does a court have to rule to make it clear this isn't allowed?

It was very opportunistic, very lucky. (Pat Noonan) played a great ball and Taylor (Twellman) was able to get to it. I just tried to be in the right place at the right time. It definitely feels awesome.

[A U.S. military official] notified us, confirmed our son was one of them. They're in good condition.

It was fantastic. I don't think I've experienced that before. It's kind of an abnormal feeling for sure. I'm used to doing the dirty work and let other guys score the goals. It's definitely a weird feeling, but a good one nonetheless.

It wasn't a small ambush. It was a whole city. And we were getting shot from all different directions as we were going down the road.

At times we could hear the shell casings from the A-10s land on the buildings we were in.

It's going to be the heart, the pulse of the relief effort, ... We've got a vested interest in getting back there and getting things running. That's where our homes are, that's where our families are.

We were like Custer. We were surrounded. We had no working weapons. We couldn't even make a bayonet charge. We would have been mowed down. We didn't have a choice.