He was ninety-four years old. Someone once asked him if he thought he would still be playing at one hundred years old.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Or as Walker Percy, the great Southern writer, was once asked he was asked, in effect, "Why do Southerners have such long memories?

或者正如沃克·泊西,这个伟大的南方作家,曾被问到,他被问到,老实说,"为什么南方人的记忆如此刻骨铭心

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The soldiers there once asked him why he went out into Apache country every day.

VOA: special.2010.02.15