A verbal commit isn't set in stone, ... I thought about waiting it out, but a blown-out knee, there goes the scholarship. |
As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget. |
As attorney general, I've had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point. |
I can either side with what I think is right as far as corruption is concerned, or I can wipe it under the rug. The nature of this job is you either make people mad as a result of events and investigations, or you make them happy by sugar-coating it and sweeping it under the rug. And I chose not to go that route. |
I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other. |
I know some of the guys I play against, they say some things, ... I've just got to approach it like there's a bull's-eye on my chest and people are going to be watching me. I've got to play as hard as I can. |
I think it can be a distraction to the player being recruited and the team, if it's something the team is not used to, ... Around Loomis, little old Loomis, it's a little crazy. |
I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back. |
That would be something, |
They're real guys, guys you can just go up to and talk to, ... They're not holier than thou. They're there for a reason, and they're going to get respect even though a lot of teams don't give them that much respect. ... My biggest thing is winning, and they win. |
We have the type of team that can just jump on a team early and we can just hit 'em, ... We can't give teams any chance ... because everyone is going to have their eye on us. |
When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready. I wasn't comfortable that I was prepared to do the job. |
When Kentucky's veterans answered the call to duty, they showed our nation the ultimate respect. In return, they deserve no less from their government and fellow citizens, ... We made promises to our Veterans, and we must uphold those promises. |