Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.

When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasnt.

Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive tolerate the unpleasant cope with the unexpected and smile through the unbearable.

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.

The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Like roots finding water, we always wind up moving towards what sustains us.

I use innocence in my demeanor like a Venus flytrap.