If it's meant to be for you, it's going to happen.

I have two secret weapons -- my legs, my arms and my brain.

I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions.

You only get one shot at a second chance.

Once I decided football was the way for me, there was no looking back. Nothing was going to distract me.

I know I'm good. I know I got game.

People respect me; I respect them. I'll never change. I realize who I am.

Use me as an example of an instrument of change.

I don't think the NFL has ever seen the likes of me, a quarterback who moves the way I do and throws the way I do. I'm not saying that with arrogance or anything. That is just how I feel.

It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level.

Sports kept me off the streets. It kept me from getting into what was going on, the bad stuff.

To be or not to be. Choose be.

Learn from past experiences but accept them all as perfect while staying in the present. Let go of everything that doesn't serve you.

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

Life is a unique combination of "want to" and "how to" and we need to give equal attention to both.

In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.

There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time.

Being sued by your own record company, that's even better than receiving a Grammy

I'm as moody and complex and private as anyone I ever knew.