"I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not." ― George J. Mitchell Topic(s): Sports More From George J. Mitchell "The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don’t have access to good health care." "I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there." "In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism." More In Sports "The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can’t improve your lie."― George Deukmejian "Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It’s hard to stay on top."― Paul Coffey "When you’re a child, no matter if you’re doing show business or sports or school or anything, you just want to make the adults happy."― Anna Chlumsky