"Assholes and elbows" : Local 4 dispatcher, 1980-1993
"Country boy with pencil" : coast committeeman, 1993-1999
"Going to shake hands" : international vice-president, 2-2006
"I got a plan:" international president, 2007-2009
"Seeing where people are going" : international president, 2010-2012
"Trying to win a battle" : international president, 2011-2013
"Up against some difficult times" : international president, 2013-2015
"Live to fight another day" : international president, 2016-2018.