I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.

The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.

I'M EMBARRASSED because the looting, violent protests, and law breaking only confirm, and in the minds of many, validate, the stereotypes and thus the inferior treatment.

It's a sin problem, not a skin problem.

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.

Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.

When we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we're having as a society is because we don't have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.

I'M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

A house is never small or empty, when filled with love.

I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away.

In today's world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.

I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

The capacity for total wonder is the very substance of awakening.

Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.

I love Shakespeare. In Shakespeare, tragedy is not just something that's bad. It's something that could be good and is bad.