I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

Man’s earliest prereligious fear of the natural forces gradually became religious in nature and got personalized and spiritualized. Eventually he learnt to say 'God works in a mysterious way'.

Respect is a one way street, it goes from bottom to top

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't

Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.

There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

I am obstinate and I will not give in.

I know what it's like to have these big multinational corporations invade your land and promise jobs and promise it's gonna be safe, and then you see the consequences.

'National Security' is the root password to the Constitution.

In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.