Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.

Be yourself. Because if people don't like you as you are, they're not going to like you as somebody you're trying to be.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.