Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

Your life must be planned in such a way that you could get to a stage when you can say every day of your life is being converted to a product.

The great thing about basketball is it's a live ball. If someone's in your way, push them out of the way, go around them or over them, whatever it takes.

Don't Stop ...down, ...Down there ...down where ...monsters, ...Run!

The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.

All quiet along the Potomac.

It's always the same, Combs walks, Koening singles, Ruth hits one out of the park, Gehrig doubles, Lazzeri triples. Then Dugan goes in the dirt on his can.

That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're not playing your best tennis - that's what I can be proud of

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

This is your dividing line, by the way, between child and nonchild - when the first trouble happens that Mama can't fix.

Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement