Jim Pillen: “The trophies, those are all going to tarnish with time. His commitment to people and his commitment to youth has…”

I said, ‘Hey, Mr. President, [got] time for one more subject. He said, ‘Yeah, what’s that?’ I said, ‘Tom Osborne,’

It was rather intense because I explained to him Nebraska livestock producers’ — cattlemen’s — perspective.

I’m not a speculator. I learned in my business if you speculated, you went broke, so I don’t speculate.

If we can’t stand up and defend ourselves, if somebody’s against that, it’s just absolutely hard to comprehend.