There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That's what killed me in L.A.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.

When the game is over I just want to look at myself in the mirror, win or lose, and know I gave it everything I had.

Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.

Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. If you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

Always be prepared to start.

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!

I started a business with two guys I played with, Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton: Champion Ventures, it's a fund of funds. We have $400 million or so under management.

In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.

To know other people thought he'd made a mistake vindicated me. I wasn't a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and he'd come to his senses soon.

Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge.

It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!

Love is a friendship set to music.

Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future.

If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.

Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.

No matter what business you are in, and no matter how small or mundane, the activities, there must be continuous investment in it.

[To the critic who wrote a negative review:] I am sitting in the smallest room of the house. Your review is before me. Soon it will be behind me.

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.