There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

I don't deal in frustration. I'm a fighter. And everything I've ever gotten, I've had to fight for.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.

Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.

I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

Ya know, America's a great country. It's great because it allows you to fight. And you can win, if you have the stamina and tenacity.

Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed:It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.

I'm in my 40s and I'm constantly surprised by how much my childhood still plays a part in my life.

Love hath no pride.

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention.

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

Often how you define the problem will determine whether or not you're able to find a real solution.

Be always decent and right in your home town; and when you're on the road, never take more than four glasses of beer a day or play higher than a twenty-five-cent limit.

I was trying to change things on the outside and you can't. You've got to feel it on the inside and everything else will change.

We don't have the flexibility of changing the bid amount. We can go through the whole process and someone else could beat us by giving more.

Her father lov'd me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have pass'd.