"It was a big disappointment. But it's life. It's competition. Things happen. This has happened; there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm happy to have a medal."

"You will think me lamentably crude: my experience of life has been drawn from life itself"

"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love."

"Hundreds of balls, and you might only make one. That's a shot ... once in a lifetime."

"If you are a Swede living in Sweden, Portugal and Italy you don't know much about cricket. We don't understand, we have never played it. If you live in England, you should go to see it at least once to know something about it."

"I'm sure everybody watching had one of the greatest days of their lives. It was a great game of cricket."

"It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe."

"Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you."

"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."

"I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand."

"This way of life is worth defending."

"States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live."

"Live's not the breathes you take, but the moments that take your breath away."

"Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh. Even when I walk out on stage, I still feel pretty much the same as I've always felt."

"I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it."

"If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can."

"Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind."

"Swing is my favorite kind of music."

"In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it."

"You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it."

"I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out."

"I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material."

"I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics."

"I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part."