"I was playing with Jamie Abbott, who's a really good guy, an amateur, which reminded me of my amateur days, " he said.

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He's a buckskin quarter horse and a really good guy.

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You have a really good guy running it.

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"I've gone from being a guy who looked like he had it all, to a guy who had a really good shot of having a good career, to falling back down and having to pick myself up, " Rice said.

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"Heyneke is a good guy and the players have really enjoyed working with him, he's a fantastic influence on the squad, " he said.

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Probably ad nauseum for Red Sox fans to read this list of accomplishments, but it drives home the point that here is a guy that made himself a great player over his career by being really good at a lot of different things.

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As you point out, I was very active in local government, but I'm really running as a guy that started up a business from scratch, and I think maybe that experience is pretty good in the halls of the U.S. Senate - somebody who hasn't been on the public payroll but has met a payroll.

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