I realized there was a difference between a syndicated morning show and prime time. ‘Regis saved the network!’ I used to walk around saying that. I was a big man! I was a giant! Regis Philbin Read Quote
Three coaches at Notre Dame made a big difference in my life, not that I played any football when I attended Notre Dame. But Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, and Lou Holtz – they all made a difference to me, and I respected them for their attitudes about life and how they handled loss. Regis Philbin Read Quote
I couldn’t deliver a joke if you asked me to. It would have to be live and spontaneous. And that’s what I was able to have in New York, at 9 o’clock in the morning, and people all over the country seemed to respond to it. Regis Philbin Read Quote
I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn’t have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, ‘Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of’. Regis Philbin Read Quote
I see Kathie Lee. She’s not angry about anything. She’s having the time of her life, and I really mean that, because I watch her carefully. I wonder, too, how she’s feeling, you know, whether she misses – after all, it was 15 years getting up every morning and coming down and sitting there with me and doing the show together. Regis Philbin Read Quote
I would do the morning show and then just walk over to the network side of the building here at ABC in New York and sit down and start it up again and introduce the 10 contestants, and then introduce the 10 – the fastest finger question, and pick one of them, put them in the seat before you finally got to asking them the questions. Regis Philbin Read Quote
I made it a morning show. We have the coffee cup, we have the morning papers. It’s got that feel to it, that’s what I wanted. Regis Philbin Read Quote
It’s almost seems as though there’s a battle going on between the public and all the fast-food establishments, and, believe me, I think it’s very tasty food. Regis Philbin Read Quote
What’s so wonderful about being 6’3″. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men? Regis Philbin Read Quote
