I have enjoyed the years enormously in Cleveland and especially in Baltimore

I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either

If you start becoming withdrawn and looking over your shoulder, being careful about what you say, that's being paranoid. This is an open, accessible team. That's been my trademark for years.

I want to be remembered as a guy who tried his best and did his best

That got us started on revenue sharing, and we couldn't have done it without all the teams.

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people.

I do want to go out on top, as a winner

I have a great legacy, tarnished somewhat by the move.

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.

I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

Are you serving in your local church or your are being served?

Symbols are miracles we have recorded into language.

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

My father wears his faith like the bronze breastplate of God's footsoldiers while our mother's is more like a good cloth coat with a secondhand fit.

Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.

I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids.

The smallest errors are always the best.