I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.

People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.

You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.

Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

All a lot of women see are dollar signs.

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.

The country was in peril

Failing is easy, but climbing up the mountain requires strategy, commitment, endurance, and the iron will to keep trying till you reach the summit.

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.

Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long.

It turns out Dimitri had a friend, who had a friend, and despite the best security in the Moroi world, we managed to get into the Court's prison facilities.

When I was a kid I was not a good student. I went to the University of Colarado, my grades were poor. I was asked to leave after a year. What I really wanted to do was to be an artist.

One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner

Most institutional investors feel compelled to swing at almost every pitch and forgo batting selectivity for frequency.

Bill Moyers is everything I never aspire to be: Calm, Thoughtful, and Informative.