I don't get myself caught up in the rhetoric of any personal comments that are made.

The same mistakes can never be repeated.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

I have to make a lot of decisions that aren't in the best interests of individuals, whether they be owners, club executives, players.

I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities.

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

I think the state of the NFL has a very positive outlook.

When there's a pattern of mistakes, something has got to change.

My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.

What's wrong with people is people. There's no cure for that.

May we show great concern to those of great concern to God.

Some of us are always in the borderlands no matter where we might be on the map.

There is a timbre of voice that comes from not being heard and knowing / you are not being heard / noticed only by others / not heard for the same reason.

If we were created in God’s image, then when God was a child he smushed fire ants with his fingertips and avoided tough questions.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world.

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.

At the time I wasn’t really familiar with Caucasians and he got me up out of that ’cause they regular people just like everybody else.

At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.