"I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday."

"Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older."

"You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars."

"I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war."

"I feel like I'm kind of lazy, but I keep the yard looking good."

"I got scars on my face that tell some kind of story. I'm looking in the mirror, and I got one scar that's really two scars - half from a baseball bat and half from playing football in college. I'll tell you, though, after a while, your face gets so wrinkled up you can hardly see them."

"To me, if you love it enough to devote your life to it, then you're doing the right thing."

"I grew up listening to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, so arriving in Nashville in the '60s was really exciting for me."

"Everything that I write is sort of autobiographical, and I don't know that I'm getting better, but I'm certainly running out of time."