You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters.

Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic

The attitude with which we approach the situation can determine our success or failure.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

If you wait for others to initiate change you automatically become a follower.

Pressue is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

If you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly.

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.

I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know.

Being there every week for my teammates is really important to me. It's about accountability. I hear stuff about the 'toughest quarterback in the league' and all that; what's that mean?

If I can keep writing just one good page a day, I will have 15 published novels in my expected lifetime. Tick, tick, tick...

You learn to run by running.

Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.

Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.

You bat your baby blues at tall, dark, and gruesome, and next thing you know, he's trailing you like a lost puppy.

One of my favorite apps is VSCO, which is for editing photos. I think they have great filters. And then I read the New York Times.

If you really love something, you have to know how to let go.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession.

Washington honors the Platinum Rule above all: 'Do it unto others before they do it unto you'.