And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

It's the start that stops most people.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

I needed her to stop. Needed not to hear the pain in her voice--to see the way she was twisting the pocketbook strap. If she kept talking, she might break down and tell me everything.

Information, long of reach, devastating, and as a side benefit, a substance with no serious legal repercussions, was superior to any other form of power.

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

Everything I've done I've just fallen into.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the States in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going and the dreamers have already been there.

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.