Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

You are the land. The land is you.

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.

I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.

While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one.

The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it.

I refuse to admit that I am more than 52 even if that makes my sons illegitimate.

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

Effective communication is the best way to solve problems.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra.

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.