Mind you, if that gets too depressing, there's always a way out.
If we lose that thread, if that gets cut, it's more than an umbilical cord.
"If they do well, if that gets done, I like the rest of our pitching staff.
But I also know how dangerous that can be to the culture if that gets too political.
"If that gets taken too far, you will start finding that some judges get reputations as liberal judges and some get reputations as conservative judges".
"Even if that gets dropped out, the Federal Reserve as the regulator bothers people," he said, noting some of its critics assert it is too cozy with the financial institutions it regulates.
Which I might do on a bad morning, and try it to see if that gets me off… On a particularly dark moment the other morning, something had fucked up and I just felt miserable.
If I saw someone's house being broken into or someone being attacked, I would do something about it and, if that gets me hurt one day, then so be it.
"The first prize there," he said, "is the same as fourth at the NEC so I'm going there, all guns blazing, to try and win and see if that gets me in the team".
"As far as the cancers are concerned, if that gets out — we'll cover you for asthma, we'll cover you for a broken leg, but if you get really ill you won't get covered — guys are going to look at you, they're going to take off their uniforms and they're going to walk away".
"But I can't be too disappointed if that gets me to an Olympic Games".
