NBC's Roger Maltbie, on Sam Snead: "It's 1999, and we're doing the Open at Pinehurst. I'm in the tower at 18 with Dan Hicks. We decide to do an interview with Sam. He was what, 87 or something? We were advised that Sam had good days and bad days, so we decided to do the interview on tape. The last thing you want to do is embarrass anybody. It started slowly, but all of a sudden Sam turns to Dan and says, 'You know, I sat down and thought about it once, and if I had shot 69 in the final round of the Open, I'd have won eight of them.' From that moment, he snapped in and he was lucid. Clear as a bell. So then Dan asked him about his longevity. Sam said, 'Well, I never drank much. Always took pretty good care of myself. Got to bed early, got a lot of sleep.' Then, with an old Sam Snead grin, he looked at Dan and said, 'Course, I did shake those bedsprings every now and then.' With that, we lose it. So the interview never aired, but it was tremendous."
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