During intermission at a theatrical presentation, his host offered to get refreshments: "His hearing wasn't very good, and I got right down in front of him and I said, 'President McKay, what would you like to drink? All of our cups say Coca Cola on them because of our arrangement with Coca Cola Bottling, but we have root beer and we have orange and we have Seven-Up. What would you like to drink?' And he said, 'I don't care what it says on the cup, as long as there is a Coke in the cup.'" McKay's point was simple and refreshing: Don't get hung up on the letter of the law to the point where you squeeze all of the spirit out of life.
"David O McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism" (Pg. 23)