Roping is all I've ever thought of since I was a little kid. I was infatuated with it, and grew up with the dream of roping at the NFR (National Finals Rodeo) with the big boys. At 19 in 1980, I had the opportunity to join the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), and rope with reigning World Champion Team Roper Allen Bach, who'd just won the world in 1979.
I got thrown into the frying