He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. ... I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

You can't spell Citrus without UT

In my experience I've learned women are better streakers.

I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.

It’s easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban.

A swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive.

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run.

Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to think better, then that's called coaching.

Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.

I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.

As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy.

All sensible investing is value investing

Walter Payton is still the best back ever to play the game.

I'm so happy. I am able to see the world just by making music, just by doing the thing that I loved doing when I was five years old.

I am not my own light unto myself.

I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact.