When he was playing baseball and I was his coach, I had to go find the location of a baseball field to give parents a map of where the game was. On the way home, we were stopped by a train and I needed a restroom. I said, 'How do they get a train crossing a highway?' And from the backseat, I heard him say, 'They put down tracks.' He always had a smart answer for everything."
Having season tickets for Purdue Football and watching Drew Brees play . After games he would stand with a friend of his and walk with players to their cars.