"I love being Spanish as much as I love being Irish, and I really love being Irish."
"I love my country enough to suffer its wrath" - on his political activism and arrests for protests.
"No father could ever be prouder of his son. I hold Charlie's accomplishments dearer than my own. He has been through so much and overcome so much more. Even if he weren't my son he'd still be my best friend." - On son Charlie