I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

Together we knew that we could have success.

Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious while we dialed 911.

As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself.

PricklyWhen I'm feelingporcupine-y, I get nasty, I get whiny.Stay away orI might stick you.My sharp words arequills to prick you.

The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads to triumph.

It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ages.

Real power comes by empowering others.

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.

You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.

Women are more verbal than men. That's why when you see an elderly couple together, it's always the man who has the hearing aid.

The divorce has lasted way longer than the marriage, but finally it's over.

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.

Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective