The franchise tag is worth something to the team, and you can't be afraid to use it.

Kindness is the best prayer.

John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.

Love, like the cold bath, is never negative, it seldom leaves us where it finds us; if once we plunge into it, it will either heighten our virtues, or inflame our vices.

I never got into the gangs. Gangs are for followers.

Pride is characterized by "What do I want out of life?" rather than by "What would God have me do with my life?" It is self-will as opposed to God's will. It is the fear of man over the fear of God.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

What I like about prose poems is that they seem to make people uncomfortable - people want to define them, justify them, attack them. Prose poems are natural fence-sitters.

When a good change is flowing towards you, don't stand like the river stones before it!

I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.