I don’t lecture any more; it bores people rigid. I read and I talk. After you teach college for a while, that becomes fairly easy to do. A formal lecture makes people sit up straight...

I started writing about the Florida Legislature, and there are two possibilities for response to the Florida Legislature. One is weeping uncontrollably and jumping off a tall building, and the other is to laugh. So...

When she performs … all eyes are on her. She has these signature skills that she does on the floor that no one else does.

This is a contradiction in terms, of course.

When you don’t know the story of a place, it makes it much easier to destroy it. And so much of Florida is being destroyed because people don’t credit it with having a history ....

She could do things on beam that I had no name for. As a third-year coach, I had visions of grandeur, thoughts of state championships dancing before me. I couldn’t wait to work with someone...

That’s not so unusual in North Florida and West Florida. It didn’t used to be unusual. It was completely unremarkable for the longest time.

All of her routines start at a 10.0. We worked long and hard during the summer to develop that.

Winning feels great. Don’t ask me the last time we won because I can’t remember.

When she has a good day, the Pirates have a good day.