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  • I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74. -- Reba McEntire
  • I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem. -- Adam DeVine
  • The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background. -- George Foreman
  • And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems. -- Brian Moore
  • Bobby Orr was a star when they played the National Anthem in his first game. -- Harry Sinden
  • On the House Un-American Activities Committee: They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem. -- Humphrey Bogart
  • You might be a redneck if you have started a petition to change the National Anthem to Georgia on My Mind. -- Jeff Foxworthy
  • There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. -- Dave Barry
  • It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now. -- Pete Rose
  • I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic. -- Charlie Brooker
  • The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate. -- Tony Kushner
  • Being in a wheelchair has made everyday things difficult. Things you wouldn't imagine. Like the looks I get at high school basketball games when they tell everyone to stand for the National Anthem. -- Travis J. Dahnke
  • At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else. -- Jackie Robinson
  • (Imitating a Belarus citizen commenting on their national flag) Stupid National Anthem....Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit -- Bill Bailey
  • I'm very excited to once again perform the National Anthem at Michigan International Speedway for the GFS Marketplace 400. The fans at MIS have always been great to me and it is always an honor to perform for them, whether it's a concert or the National Anthem. -- Julie Roberts
  • At school my nickname is the National Anthem girl. -- Diana DeGarmo
  • I like traditions, and the national anthem is important. -- Kate Mara
  • I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python. -- Lana Del Rey
  • I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. -- Kelly Clarkson
  • The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves. -- Chris Van Allsburg
  • If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you're screwed. -- Lyle Lovett
  • You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide. -- Ira Glasser
  • I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along. It was as if I was singing the Swedish national anthem. I was stunned. -- Jason Mraz
  • The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem. -- Hugh Jackman
  • Maybe we like our politicians to appear like bumbling oafs. It certainly never did Ronald Reagan or George Bush any harm. The Italians still seem enamoured of Silvio Berlusconi - a man whose entry into a room is less likely to be greeted with the Italian national anthem than by the Benny Hill theme tune. -- Rory Bremner
  • My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. -- Harry Connick, Jr.
  • I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling. -- Sidney Crosby
  • And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. -- Michael Phelps
  • Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly. -- Taylor Swift
  • The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way." -- Peter Kreeft
  • The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem. -- Bill Belichick
  • The closest thing to Roseanne Barr's singing the national anthem was my cat being neutered. -- Johnny Carson
  • The national anthem blows. Are you kidding me? Do any of you have it on your iPod? -- Daniel Tosh
  • If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist. -- Jesse Ventura
  • The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. -- Harry Sinden
  • If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck. -- Jeff Foxworthy
  • If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed. -- Lyle Lovett
  • Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to tie my shoe during the French national anthem. -- Hristo Stoichkov
  • I was in the De Witt Clinton Hight School marching band. One of the worst bands ever formed. When we played the national anthem, people from every country stood - except Americans. -- Robert Klein
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