The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning/Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by/They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

The "supreme good" and its attainment -- that is happiness. And joy is: response to happiness.

Valentine’s Day is an extraordinary moment for recalling the lasting power of a true love.

It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen.

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy

Can collective intelligence save the planet? It's the only hope we have.

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism.

And as for the Pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.