One of the things that benefited me that anyone can learn is classical technique. That shows the orchestra that exists within the instrument.

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.

Make an enemy of certainty and befriend doubt. When you can change your mind, you can change anything.

All I need is you even though I don't know if I can have you.

If you make me your authority, you harm yourself because you will not see things for yourself, and you harm me too because you refuse to see me as I am.

God loves it when His children pray BIG, BOLD PRAYERS. Don't be afraid to ask your Father for anything!

Waiting around to be saved is like waiting to die and I have done more of both than anyone else in the room.

The population of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate, and yet each day human beings manage to destroy ten species.

Given the unfairness that strikes so many people in life, I would rather believe in a God of limited power and unlimited love and justice, rather than the other way around.

It is the free spirited men and women that we most admire and often envy - those individuals who dare to be themselves.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

Suffice it to say that black and white are also colors... for their simultaneous contrast is as striking as that of green and red, for instance.