I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.

I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected.

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said.

Plays have to be made, and we have to find a way to make them. All of us.

People regularly misinterpret what I say, the question is whether that's something I ought to worry about or not!

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.

The truth no matter how hard it is to bear, must be accepted and confronted head on because it is real. Businesses and people who accept truth soar.

But life is not a fairy tale. It's brighter and darker, longer and briefer, duller and more magical. It's full of contradictions, but one thing it's not is neat.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.

The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.

Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."

You look for inspiration, I do, that got me going.

No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.

The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance - acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.

Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.