[In regard to conscription] "I was always thinking I could go to Southern Ireland if it came to it [but] I didn't know what I was going to do there, I hadn't thought that far."
Notes from Wikiquote
Oddly, the big news scoop of Lennon's death was first reported by Howard Cosell on ABC's Monday Night Football. Cosell had received the news from an associate on the spot, and announced it during a time-out, as the Patriots were attempting a field goal.