It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

You are the land. The land is you.

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft.

When you go to sleep, where do you really go?

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.

I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world.

I do hot yoga. I try to keep one hour a day where I have space to reflect and meditate and take care of me and what is going on inside. This way, I can be a better person to be around.

In short, industrialism is over.

You can only make a difference by being different.