“Professional sports have built themselves on the celebration of Americ...” — Jason Whitlock Quote

“Professional sports have built themselves on the celebration of Americana, the ideas and values that best exemplify America.”

“I worked in Ann Arbor for two years, covering Michigan football and basketball in the early 1990s.”

“Dez Bryant isn't a quarterback. He's not a leader. He's a talented, high-maintenance wide receiver.”

“I think that fear is a mechanism a tool for control.”

“Men do really dumb things. We see weapons of mass destruction where there are none. We over-emphasize sports. We place athletic achievement ahead of academic achievement. We spoil and pamper child athletes and then complain when they act spoiled and pampered as adults.”

“Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family, work, self-determination and religion comprised his core values.”

“I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.”

“I've got a wife, two kids, a dog and a mini-van. Isn't that disgusting? We're talking Americana, man. Apple pie on the table and everything.”

“America and the world have been great beneficiaries of the forward presence of the United States Navy around the globe since the end of World War II. The U.S. Navy has been a key foundation of this Pax Americana.”

“I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.”

“The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.”