Growing up in Paterson wasn't the easiest thing.

Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

There were times when I thought I would never own a car.

There's only one life. There's no repeats. You only get one life, and you gotta take advantage of it.

I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.

At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.

It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.

I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

Sadness, forever unacknowledged, eventually becomes resentment.

Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies.

Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible

Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.

Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.

Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.

Die, enemies of Ra!" Sekhemet yelled. "Perish in agony!" "She's almost as annoying as you," I told Horus. "Impossible," Horus said. "No one bests Horus.

Getting a project started is like moving a ship. It takes a lot of energy to build up momentum.

For there is a music wherever there is a harmony, order, or proportion, and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.

When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.