“We must teach our children global empathy, and we are telling our kids that the world is much bigger than Rowan County.” — Marvin Moore, principal of Isenberg Elementary School, on the dual-language immersion program that has kindergartners alternating their days in both English- and Spanish-speaking classrooms

“I’ve got to go to work every day, just keep grinding it out every day.”

— Dominic Burnam, an unheralded freshman receiver for the Catawba College football team who caught a touchdown pass in a 21-14 win at Winston-Salem State last Saturday

“Everybody here as a right to be extremely upset with what happened. I can guarantee that nobody is more upset than I am.”

— Roger Hosey, town manager of Landis, who was the subject of questions raised by the state Local Government Commission about why he holds multiple leadership positions — including interim finance officer and assistant police chief — as the SBI continues its investigation of possible embezzlement by former town officials

“The hope is you open this model up. … We need our schools to be innovators.”

— Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who visited two Rowan-Salisbury schools Tuesday to learn more about how the district is implementing changes to curriculum, calendar and staffing under the “renewal” status approved by the state

“Two and 0 is a great feeling. But it’s just 2-0. Next week, we’re 0-0 and starting all over.”

— Miles Hayes, quarterback of Livingstone College’s football team, which opened the season with two wins, including a 27-16 defeat of Elizabeth City State University last Saturday

“They say it’s incurable, but God is going to tell me when it’s up, not this cancer.”

— Cindy Webb of Woodleaf, who has found one-on-one support from a friend and former co-worker, Laura Medford of Davie County, as both women battle cancer with positive attitudes