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.

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.

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.

Life doesn't stop with football.

You can like an immoral character because she’s interesting, not because you want to have her over for dinner.

I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it’s just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.

The ultimate form of love for God and men is forgiveness.

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

The energy in working with my team at Adidas is really good for me. Being this is the third installment, I feel like everybody is comfortable with everybody.

We make too much of the good and too much of the bad.