But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

There are a lot more TV sets in use on Monday night than on Sunday afternoon.

Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

At least I'm going into the job with clean hands.

Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake.

The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington.

In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.

I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.

You think you are somebody and that is where the problem begins. You're really not somebody, you're everybody. You objectify yourself into thinking that you are a particular state of being.

Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record.

when people say you're charming you are in deep trouble.

What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil.

The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.

Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it.