I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

It always gets you going when you get hit for the first time. It reminds you that you play football.

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

If someone is having a bad day, I find you can change it pretty quick by just showing that you care.

The history and tradition of the Rose Bowl, if that doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will.

Good Day. We are privileged to live another day in this magnificent world. Today you will be tested.

A philosophy is important so that everyone is on the same page and there's a consistency of message.

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

Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.

Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life.

Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago.

Mom, thank you. Mr. Palmer, my father I never had, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a man.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.

The colors. The city. Nothing. But they’ve got some good food, though. Other than the food, nothing.

I had two amazing parents, two younger brothers, grandparents, a supportive community. Really loved.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.

If quarterbacks learned the West Coast offense in college, oh man - it would make a huge difference.

You can play with a brain that is injured - you can't play with an injured knee. That's the problem.

If you had said before the game we would get three points, I would have said you'd had too much gin.

If someone is there to believe in you, to care about you and support you, amazing things can happen.

I've been blessed to have an amazing mom and two amazing sisters - so they set a very high standard.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'

I don't have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.

But at the end of the day, I'm my own man, regardless of what my little brother does or what he did.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

The pleasure of revenge is a fleeting emotion that is soon replaced by the affliction of conscience.

Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally.

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

If you're a highly touted free agent, you're going to get paid a lot of money no matter where you go.

We went to school board meetings, we went to Little League games, and we did everything to be normal.

I really think just the honor of playing on five championship teams in seven years is the best thing.

My dad was the toughest man I've ever known in my life. He intimidated me. he was my Master Sergeant.

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

There's so many factors that go into a Super Bowl championship that rely heavily on the organization.

Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.

Anybody can be good when things are going good, but a real player steps up when things are going bad.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me

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