I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

You are the land. The land is you.

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.

Poverty deprives humanity of the basic necessities to live a meaningful life.

He didn't give the penalty but I've seen them given for worse

What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art.

Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.

Despair is a free man--hope is a slave.

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.

What's interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.