When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest.

God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the penitent, not for the presumptuous.

The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

My greatest privilege is being married to a gentle loving husband. I am very grateful God made our path cross.

Swing ten times, and you may hit once.Swing a hundred times, and you may hit ten times.Swing a thousand times, and you may hit a hundred times.Swing a thousand times, and you may hit a thousand times.

You know what Gordie Howe got for a signing bonus? A team jacket!

We die, because we live.

Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening or what I'm feeling when I'm actually listening.

I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in males.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.