A lot of guys see the complexity of the game; I see the simplicity.

I'm a free spirit. A spirit that evolves. I'm a diamond. I'm just refining it. Polishing it. Glossing it up.

The thing I see for myself is to be the best ever.

I want to do something extraordinary, not just make a tackle. I want to make people's eyes widen, like, 'God, you see that?

It means everything. Making my father happy, that's my biggest joy.

I approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.

But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do.

Before the seventeenth century, a child passed directly into the adult world between the ages of five and seven . . . then came the industrial revolution . . .so the child-centered home was born.

Everyone isn't going to embrace your value, but that doesn't mean you need to go and change your price.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she be endowed with them.

...if God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn't draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)?

The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.

Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most easily paid, and that the revenue is most productive.

Usually, I play the bad guy, so it's been a pleasant break to play a good guy.

The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.