A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.
Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham: Jimmy Dean's Own Story (ed. Berkley Publishing Group, 2006) - ISBN: 9780425210260