My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

If my stupidity makes you smile, I rather prefer to act always as stupid.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress.

Allow yourself to graduate, every five years.

It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger.

If someone else is supposed to be in your life, they will be in your life - you can't stop them from coming if its the will of eternity.

If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.

I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a piece of music, what would it be?"

Technology: No Place for Wimps!