Van Cliburn Quotes

If you ain't Texan, I ain't got time for you.

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.

Saying you're from Texas makes you kind of proud.

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word ... A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

I don't hate anything about Texas. I love my state. I love my area. It's like home.

I don't want people to think I'm not proud to represent Texas.

When I was growing up in Texas, I didn't think there was anywhere else to live; that's how we're raised in Texas.

I'm not for the parties. I'm for Texas.

I was always proud about being from Texas and, you know, maybe that was part of fearlessness. I love the fact that Texas is so big, but you don't feel small because of that.

Arkansas Comes First.

I still think probably the only thing I'm suited for is being a boy from Texas.

I love Texas, I can't wait in a couple of days to be home to the great state.

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.

I feel blessed to have been raised a Texan.

I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that's not to diss anybody else.

You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.

Every man has an idea, of course, that the State from which he comes possesses peculiar merit

If you go down to Texas, people are real proud about and they rep Texas.

Anybody that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Texas. I live and breathe Texas.

I am constantly reminded that as Texans, we are exceptional people.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.

I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.