Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.

I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

In the long run, the cream always rises and the crap always sinks.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal

There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one

If you don’t want your past to own you, try owning your past.

Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them.

Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

Clean up a pigsty," she commented one evening, "and if the creatures in it still have pig-minds and pig-desires, soon it will be the same old pigsty again.

I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded but because of the love I have for you. -- Eric Northman

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

Tom Hanks hits a new career peak. One of the best films of the year.