I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.

My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.