“At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some guy's dad; I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, if they say I was Annie's husband and Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. That's more than enough.”

“JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.”