Gibson ES 125 was a real instrument, this was in 1956. I started learning; I had a vision of a sound.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.

A running quarterback, to me, is safer. Because, once I got out [of the pocket], I didn?t run where there were a lot of people. I ran where there was nobody.

The principle is competing against yourself.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California. I need to travel out of there occasionally.

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!

The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed.

Be yourself. An original is always worth more than a copy.

We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. "By getting up every time I fell down " he answered.

War is the business of barbarians.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.

So afraid of taking chances. How you gonna reach the top?

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.

Only think that I am now writing in a room full of Claudes... almost of the summit of my earthly ambitions.

All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust, all revolutionary wars are just.

It's easy to be ignorant but it's very intricate to be aware.