Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.

Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

I did some good things as a rookie.

I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light.

When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before.

My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.

I played football with my whole body - My hands, my head, my face. I did it all.

I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

If life was a piano light and darkness would be the keys. And shadows would be the melody that creates the harmony.

Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.

It is far easier to explain to a three-year-old how babies are made than to explain the processes whereby bread or sugar appear on the table.

For some reason, religious jokes seem as trivial as jokes about food or driving.

Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam.