I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.

I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.

I'm a Jewish boy from Jersey. I was born with a strong sense of right and wrong, and a strong sense that the world can be a ludicrous, unfair, inhumane place.

My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.

One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

I don't dream football. I dream the American Dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

When you're conscious of what you're permitting to germinate inside you, the weeds in your life will wither away of their own accord.

All is full of love

Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]

We can only climb the mountains because there’s a valley that makes the mountain a mountain.

Only a fool believes that his actions don't shape the world.

Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

Nobody has ever had crowds like Trump has had.

Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.

Each has to enter the nest made by the other imperfect bird.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.