Merlin Olsen

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

We did the 'MacGruber' Super Bowl spot for Pepsi, which generated some outside interest. We have a sketch where a guy blows up after 90 seconds. How are we going to make that into a movie?