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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

I like being a Girl Scout.

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as a high school pitcher, but it was like everybody knew that I was supposed to be a catcher. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy.