Nelson Quotes
[Later, Norah Jones played piano while Willie Nelson sang] Still Crazy After All These Years... Crazy.
- Paul Simon
[Last year, when Phil Mickelson birdied five of the last seven holes to edge Ernie Els, who had two eagles on the back nine, that was about as good as the Masters gets, thought Byron Nelson . Now, the two-time Masters champion -- in 1937 and 1942 -- said he believed this year's tournament could be as good or even better.] The top players, they're all clicking right now, ... I'd pick one of the top five in the rankings to win it. The thing of it is, at that place, somebody always gets hot, but I don't think it'll be an unknown -- if there are really any of those at Augusta -- who will win this time.
- Byron Nelson
[Conyers, speaking earlier Monday during a memorial service at historic Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, recalled a 1990 visit to Detroit by Nelson Mandela. The former South African president led the crowd in a chant of Parks' name,] which made us realize that this is an international phenomenon that we celebrate, ... Rosa Parks is worldwide.
- John Conyers
[Allison also recalled watching Nelson Mandela's release from prison with Gilchrist and Tom King, then sales director at Standard Life. As Mandela waved to the crowds he leaned towards his wife Winnie and whispered in her ear.] I wonder what he's asking her? ... I think it was 'Have we had that letter from Tom King yet telling us how badly our Standard Life mortgage has performed?'
- Tom King
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