I know people my age (early 40s) who insist upon only writing. You know what we call them? Ex-journalists.

Dyan Favre, Brett's nephew, is also a gem. Not just a favorite person from the book - a favorite person, period. I actually wound up writing this about him. Simply a good, righteous man.

There are more great guys than jerks, so it's a huge list.

A ton of athletes, even if they know your name, pretend they don't.

Donald [Driver] is a good guy, a righteous guy. I have no beef with him. But I have multiple sources on this; people not connected with one another who verified it.

I'm not saying - in any way - that Donald Driver is lying or lacking sincerity. But I trust my reporting.

If I'd had covered [ Brett Favre] in Atlanta, I'd presume he'd go down as another Todd Marinovich. Talent out the gills, but lacking the control and discipline to make much of himself.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

If you dont' live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good.

God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet's mind, or the painter's, or the scientist's, but of the mind of man.

The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.

Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.

To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.

It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.

do not like this taste for adventure you have developed, sister.” “I am afraid I cannot guarantee I shall be rid of it anytime soon.