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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

- J. C. Watts

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For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.

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Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.