“What is a husband? He is the one who, with a touch, can bring back the starlight and glow of years long ago. At least he hopes he can - don't disappoint him.”

“We do believe there has been some injury at this point to the brain. The fact that he is not waking up as we had hoped he would do, that would be the reason why.”

“I was worried about our intensity tonight. We were coming off the big win Tuesday over Elgin and I was hoping we did not come out flat.”

“I hope other companies in the racing business will join us in supporting the RTIP initiative. It has the potential to produce an extraordinary level of ROI for track owners and operators, horsemen and suppliers.”

“I'm hopeful that we're nearing the end of this series of tightening. I don't think we have a serious inflation problem. With strong productivity, unit labor costs are under control.”

“I hope the secretary of state does the right thing. This is too late in the game for lawyers, too late in the game for partisan politics. The voters have spoken, and the votes ought to be counted.”

“We're obviously working it hard. But we were hoping to get some more information from people who may have seen something. So far, that hasn't happened.”

“Every settlement involves compromise, but here we have a very robust settlement. I hope it sends the message that it's cheaper to do it right and comply with the law the first time.”

“This year we have 85 volunteers working. We expect 5,000 (visitors) this year. We have much better parking and I hope the people will be overwhelmed with the amount of plants.”

“I haven't fought for two years and... that takes a lot away from me. I feel good... and I hope people will see me moving on to bigger and better things.”