When You Look At Facing Retirement In Your Mid-30s, And All Of A Sudden The Outlet For That Passion And Work Ethic Goes Away, You Can't Just Sit Back In A Rocking Chair And Be Retired At 35. I'm Not A Good Enough Golfer To Play Golf Every Day.
It's A Really Interesting And Diverse Business. You're A Farmer First, Then A Winemaker, Then You're Onto Marketing And Distribution. So It's Multi-faceted And Really Engaging. I've Learned More In The Last Couple Years Than In The Ten Prior To That, So It's Been Pretty Interesting.
I Retire With A Smile On My Face, In Good Health, And Ready To Spend Autumns At My Kids' Games Instead Of My Own. I'm Excited To Start The Next Chapter Of My Life.
You Know, It's A Different Deal - Throwing A Football As Opposed To Throwing A Baseball.
It Is The Best Feeling In The World To Have A Close Game Come Down To Just A Couple Of Plays And You Are Able To Do It.
The Positives Of Retiring Outweighed The Positives Of Returning And My Desire To Still Play.
We're Phenomenally Blessed In The Walla Walla Valley. We Have Great, Complex Soil That's Nutrient-rich But Fairly Porous.
You Want Hot Days To Get Your Fruit Ripe But Then You Want It To Cool Off Nicely At Night So That The Grapes Stay On The Vine Longer And Develop Complexity.
Fairly Early In My Career, I Had A Passion For Wine Just As A Consumer, And I Started To Learn About The Whole Process, Starting With A Piece Of Raw Ground, And Ending Up With A Work Of Art In A Bottle.
Playing In New England And The Boston Area, The Fans Are So Passionate About Their Sports If You Don't Play Well, They'll Let You Know So I Know It's Not Something That They Take Lightly.
I Feel Pretty Good When I Get Out Of Bed In The Morning. I Don't Feel All Beat Up, Which Is Nice.
The Amount Of Work And The Amount Of Both Physical And Emotional Investment It Takes To Get To The Top.
