I'm very proud of my heritage.

I've always played cards. I can't remember when there wasn't a gambling game going on somewhere, even if it was a craps game in a wheelbarrow on the backside of the racetrack.

My saddle horses are my friends. My dogs are my friends.

I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.