I'm really not vocal and expressive, but I'm starting to get more comfortable to open up.

Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.

I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.

I remember my mistakes more than my success.

My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I'm using football.

I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.

I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.

I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.

Once you come to terms with your shortcomings and not chase a mirage of an imaginable perfect person you’ll be able to do more justice with your life. Learn to appreciate and love yourself.

Books are like friends to me. Words come alive on the page.

Monetary policy is not a panacea.

A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

There are Plebes in all classes.

The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.

For God will deign to visit oft the dwellings of just men -- delighted, and with frequent intercourse -- thither will send his winged messengers on errants of supernal grace.

...go in the direction your head is pointed in.

When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.