That’s powerful for me because I did have my critics. I probably still have a lot of them. When you do what I do, you’re gonna have critics. I’m a big boy. I know that. But some of them that really criticize me and stuff have even come up to… Read More
When you’re reading the quote, what does it mean to you?… Read More
Well, (laughs) the respect of intelligent people, I always wanted some respect when I first came in. I get chills when I think about this, ’cause I knew I didn’t have respect, but now I think I have some respect from intelligent people. You know, that I really think that. Read More
The affection of children? Are you kidding me?… Read More
This right here, right?… Read More
It’s the last one. Yup, hold on a minute now. I’ll get my eyes adjusted. You people watching don’t understand it. I didn’t understand it either till I got older, this is terrible. To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children, to… Read More
This is to have succeeded. I guess what you asked me, says it all. Read More
That’s my only accomplishment I can say, in my whole life, and I have a great family, and great friends and you know, that’s my accomplishment was the Columbus zoo and the Lord sent me here for that probably. And if I did it, I did it. I didn’t, then… Read More
Would you read this quote for us please?… Read More
Oh boy, let me see if I’ve got my, I gotta put my glasses on. Read More
My proudest accomplishment is, if nothing else, for myself, I guess, is that people have learned, I think appreciate, most people, about what I’ve done. I use the word, I guess, what we have done at the Columbus zoo. I can’t relate to other zoos obviously, but we, what we… Read More
I’ll literally start crying, not because I’m older, because I don’t believe what I’m seeing. I don’t believe with the citizens of this county and this state, there are other zoos here too, by the way. But that is my proudest accomplishment. Not my TV shows by any means, no. Read More
You don’t understand this til you’re older. So who I’m talking to, you by the wall. That’s okay. Trust me. As you get older, you’ll understand that when you leave here, you can leave here with your pockets full of money, all of the big houses of the world, everything… Read More
Whoo, my proudest accomplishment. In the zoo. Read More
I wish you, how do you come up with these damn questions?… Read More
In the zoo world, right? That’s a better. Read More
What is my proudest accomplishment in the zoo world?… Read More
And now we have proved it. 176 million people like it, all right. It’s not like something going down the hill, it’s going now to where we’re having a hard time handling it. And I hope it gets harder. I hope there are some more zoos, but we better darn… Read More
I know the severity of what it means for these kids not to ever see an elephant, or not to ever see these creatures. It goes like, I’ve always said, what happens in the animal world will happen to the people world. It’s that simple. Read More
What’s your proudest accomplishment?… Read More