I think it was fantastic being in the 49ers Hall of Fame.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

Some crazy man came up to me and started screaming at me about how he hated Allah, and before I could tell him that my family was part of the Catholic Church in India, he knifed me.

Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of the world's defects.-pg 129

How do you even start a book you know is going to be your last?

All the 'too close to call' announcements are not due to incompetence ... It's caution.

Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant.

I also surround myself with people who make me laugh. If I'm not laughing, it upsets my day.

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

I don't see myself as the 'Hunk of the Month'.

I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.