My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

I'd trade a hundred pretty faces for one person who's easy to talk to.

Experience can never be undone, or knowledge unlearned.

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

Money counts more than you think.

How thankful I am, how thankful we all must be, for the women in our lives. God bless them. May His great love distill upon them and crown them with luster and beauty, grace and faith.

The craving for power is in itself a sign of inferior abilities and unfitness for responsibility.

It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.

Nothing is sharper than suffering, nothing is sweeter than to have suffered.

Love is a learned behavior. If you don't learn how to love yourself someone will teach you how to hate yourself.