Players have a certain feeling of invulnerability. But the bottom line is children are emulating major-league players. Is that a behavior that we want to be emulated?

We're not going to make him stop. I'm not capable of doing that, nor is anyone else here. But hopefully what you do is you can educate them as to how it can negatively affect your condition.

Usually the tattoos are an asset. Because of what I do here, people are fine with tattoos. Sometimes I actually think they feel better when they see my arm because they almost expect an artist to be tattooed.

If they're looking for us to cover their costs, I really don't think we need to give them double what they're asking for.

It's quite hard for us to get excited.

There's a certain amount of peer pressure, so your environment can dictate it, too.

I have to see that. This is so awesome.

[Cunningham noted the same problem:] The Ivy League elites and East Coast editorial writers, ... simply refuse to believe that to most Americans-most of whom don't have over-priced degrees-faith, family and traditional values are far more important than making friends with France or preserving a deeply flawed government pension program.

Bush may make serious attempts at reforming the tax code and social security; he's much less concerned with the risk of failure than previous presidents have been. The expected need to replace two or three Supreme Court justices, however, could so poison the water in Washington that very little will get done. (That is, unless he nominates Professor Tyson, who would be a model jurist).