“People ask me, have you won the
lottery? And I say yes, in friendship.”

— Sue Files, Novant Health Rowan Medical employee, after co-workers and friends fixed her 3/4-mile-long driveway

“I should’ve run for mayor after that game.”

— Jason Rollins, outgoing football coach at South Rowan High, on Raiders’ 21-19 victory over Kannapolis in 2009

“When we choose non-violence, not only do we keep the dream alive for Martin Luther King, but we honor God.”

— Linda Inman, speaker, Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday celebration  at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

“It’s not how you fall, it’s how you get back up.”

— Josh Sanders, in his 2nd ‘American Idol’ run, quoting his late father

“It almost seems like a mountain we can’t climb.”

— Travis Allen, member, Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education, on meeting schools’ longterm building needs