I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Look Below and You'll feel Rich, Look Above and You'll feel Poor

The city was asleep, and the bookshop felt like a boat adrift in a sea of silence and shadows.

With every single fiber of her soul, she wanted to be With every single fiber of her soul, she wanted to be

I do not know your situation. But I know the easy answer is almost always the wrong one. Search your heart. Where is your fear driving you?

Their dark skin, their gender, their economic status--none of those were acceptable excuses for not giving the fullest rein to their imaginations and ambitions.

I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad things. It's made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating.

Yet for all that, there is nothing in me of a founder of a religion--religions are affairs of the rabble; I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come into contact with religious people.

Sculpture is an art of the open air... I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape, almost any landscape, than in, or on, the most beautiful building I know.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

I can't imagine a pain more all-encompassing than losing a child.