I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be accountable.

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head against it.

We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.

The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.

Intimidation doesn't last very long.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

If you want it, you've got to give it.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Let us grow together, not to become older, to love each other better.

We heard the army before we saw it.The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.

One's religion is whatever he is most interested in.

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

I love thoroughness. I respect people that do a job well.

The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.