I want to be the best. That's just the human way.

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

I get paid to practice. I play the game for free.

I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

Leadership comes with consistency.

The past isn't going to get you to your goal.

I'm not afraid to fail. I'm afraid to be mediocre.

An inspirational writer's life is an open book that never shuts. Choose your words carefully.

There is greatness in everyone.

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not.

Consumerism is hard to describe when it's the ocean and we're the plankton.

If my luck held, it wouldn't be a handsome Greek demigod looking for the love of his life or at least his love of a couple of hours.

To lay down one's life for the truth.

The only woman to whom it has been given to touch what is decisive in the present world and to have a presentiment of the world of the future.

I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.

I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired.