“Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.” PlayerSucceedFacetsBroadcasting Author:Pat Summerall
“Well, I know how the system works. I know that there's something called the MELD system, which is nationwide. There are zones as far as evaluation of need for liver transplants.” KnowsNeedsWellsKnow HowZoneLiverEvaluationTransplants Author:Pat Summerall
“It's entirely different waking up in the morning and praying. I read aloud six or seven different devotional books, one of which is the Bible and ask the Lord to be with me that day.” BookDifferentAsksLordMorningPrayingSixWake UpSevenWakingDevotionalWaking Up In The Morning Author:Pat Summerall
“I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.” DoneBigsEventsMastersBowlsIntimidatingSuper BowlBig Events Author:Pat Summerall
“There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.” KnowsLittlesMadeHelpingLastsMotherNamesBitsCoupleNeededLittle BitDaughterLettersAshamedShockMy DaughterInterventionNeeded Help Author:Pat Summerall
“When someone saves your life and gives you life, there is gratitude and humility; there is a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance in life that maybe, you did or did not deserve.” GivingGivenRealizingChanceHumilityGratitudeDeserveBlessedHumbleAnother ChanceChances In LifeHumility And Gratitude Author:Pat Summerall
“In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.” IfsInspirationalWantedFootballDrinkBasketballGolfAvailableTennisNbaLoadHospitalityTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Pat Summerall
“I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything.” ThinkingKnowsI CanSuccessfulFootballBeatsTouch MeBroadcasting Author:Pat Summerall
“Well, to take me from where I was, and the life I was leading, to the life I lead now with the church and with the Lord and with Jesus Christ, it's a total, total turn-around.” WellsTurnsJesusChristChurchLordJesus ChristTake Me Author:Pat Summerall
“But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.” PeopleThinkingDifficultRealizingSituationDiseaseInsidious Author:Pat Summerall
“My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick.” BelieveSickScalesScoreBelieve In MeTransplants Author:Pat Summerall
