Without gambling, I would not exist.

Journalism, to me, is just another drug - a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight.

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

I never claimed to be anything more than a nice guy and an athlete.

Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.

Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday.

I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.