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

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.

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

The season of Christmas brings joy, hope and peace.

Positive life, positive deed.

The system is religion, the law is spirituality. Take your pick.

Fear trumps empathy.

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance.

There are no ordinary feelings. Just as there are no ordinary spring days or kicked over cans of paint.

Two things are universal: Hydrogen and stupidity

In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn't like Sutherland AND Callas.

Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.