My favorite record I've ever done is Rock Salt and Nails. It was recorded in '68-'69 and released in '69. There's something about that record I really like.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.

A running quarterback, to me, is safer. Because, once I got out [of the pocket], I didn?t run where there were a lot of people. I ran where there was nobody.

The principle is competing against yourself.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California. I need to travel out of there occasionally.

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!

The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed.

Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something.It is our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit

today start with a THOUGHT, turn it into IDEA tomorrow, next day you will see it in REALITY

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

I sold a book six years after I left an MFA program. In between, there was a lot of endurance of poverty and a lot of fighting off doubt. It's all a part of the process of being or becoming a writer.

Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do.

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.