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.

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.

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

You are the land. The land is you.

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.

Strive to be a proactive participant rather than a passive procrastinator.

I'm not afraid of anything other than spiritual annihilation. Where your soul is sucked into the void.

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.

Don't get seduced by the next shiny thing, because you'll get caught up chasing shiny things and that will keep you from addressing what you really need to accomplish.

It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and you can be wrong.

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

There are many lights in the shadows and many shadows in the lights; lots of talents in the shades, lots of incompetents in the luminosities

People were like, 'Oh, there are going to be people running up to you taking pictures' and I thought it was going to be a bunch of little kids. But it's grown-ups! And that's, like, creepy.

If you're a drug addict, often you're stealing - I've gotten done for shoplifting a few times.