I think a lot of people are so scared of failure that they don't put everything they have into whatever they want to do. I think, in turn, they write their own destiny.

Everyone should smile. Life really isn’t that serious. We make it hard. The sun rises. The sun sets. We just tend to complicate the process.

When you start comparing yourself to another man's mirror, that's when those negative thoughts start creeping in. My journey isn't anybody else's journey.

Don't listen to criticism, positive or negative. You just keep going forward.

Patience is a virtue. Keep doing what you want to do and eventually things will happen.

The universe will throw somebody a bone every now and then, and you win the lottery. But for the most part, you get in this life what you put in.

I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion.

I feel like every running back should have their own little stamp on the game.

I'm not looking forward to a specific person per se; I'm just excited to meet everyone. I respect greatness and I'm just going to soak in anyone I meet.

Anytime I can add a smile to somebody's life that's all well and good, but I play the game to play the game.

Yes! If you really love your beautiful garden of dreams, you will never allow any hungry beast to have its way in. Keep dream killers away!

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, youll reap the same rewards.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I think most people live in fiction...That's how you keep your fragile body intact.

I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version.

Whoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?” “Well I would if you’d let me finish,” he grumbled.

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