Mom, thank you. Mr. Palmer, my father I never had, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a man.

I made a horrendous mistake not apologizing to my wife.

You can be a hero to someone just by being their friend.

I won't call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down. It's not getting up.

Sometimes in life, you will get knocked down.

I was taught that I cannot back down to anything. I was trained never to be scared.

It hurts because I can't go out there and play football, but it hurts more because I have to be a father and explain what happened to my daughter.

Hey diddle diddle, Ray Rice up the middle.

I want to be someone that kids in my community look up to and want to strive to give back when they grow up.

I just want to thank [my wife] for loving me where I was weak.

I was forced to grow up quicker than most. I was forced to be a young man at a young age.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

I've always thought of writing as sort of active communication.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

Snow, here?" Eric was as delighted as a child. "I love snow!" Why was I not surprised? "Maybe we will get snowed in together," he said suggestively, waggling his blond eyebrows.

I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school.

Poetry is good for unleashing images.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.