You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.

Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.

You cannot make progress with excuses.

Not to sound arrogant, but what I did in one year, others couldn't do in their entire collegiate careers.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

I'm a living testimony that anything is possible.

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

It's no secret that I am not afraid to shine bright and be festive, and I like to encourage that in others.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

Tom Brady is good, real good...but he plays in same league as I do.

Never fear criticism. Use the information to grow your thinking power.

Success demands consistent effort and hard work.

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes . . . .

Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning.

You must do your damdest and win.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.

Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.

When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, have you grown old.

Create a dream and give it everything you have, you could be surprised just how much you are capable of achieving.