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At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.
I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.
In order to make it in this league, period, you have to be able to tune out some things and believe in yourself and go play.
I think there is definitely a physical peak for people, and it's probably a little bit later than most people would believe.
Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.
If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.
John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset.
My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently in renewables.
You have great assets if you're a dual-threat, but you still have to throw from the pocket and do all those types of things.
I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football.
Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.
Ultimately, I think authenticity is always key, no matter what you do in life. It's also key to the branding side of things.
Some people think all I did was trash talk. But ask my teammates, coaches - they saw how hard I worked, how hard I prepared.
51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.
I would not put Dak Prescott on the bench. I would leave him as the starter, and I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.
I can't run anymore. That's the one thing I loved doing. And I can't play golf hardly at all because of wrist and back pain.
When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.
Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.
There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.
The narrow path that 'Uncommon' people will take, that the Lord wants you to go down, that really is the ultimate way to go.
The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
I just grow a terrible mustache, so I try to use my neckbeard as a substitute. And when I get lazy, I don't shave that often.
There's a lot of veteran players that, honestly, being comfortable where they play is more important. And that's just not me.
My father - who was a master sergeant and the toughest man I've even known - next to him, Coach Lombardi was a piece of cake.
All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die.
At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.
I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone.
It's more fun when you shoot well and when you have a good score, but that's not a prerequisite to me for having a good time.
A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football club.
As you get older, I suppose, you get a bit more cautious in everything you do. But I've always been blessed with self-belief.
My mom used to tell me, 'I live every day of my life for you.' I understand that now. The older I get, the more I understand.
Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
You can go to the bank and borrow money, but you can't go to the bank and borrow a Super Bowl ring. The ring is like a crown.
In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.
Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.
You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy out of rushing.
Some people wanted me to be the Latino quarterback. Some people wanted me to be the USC quarterback who happens to be Latino.
You never want to be the one who everyone is going to bust jokes on. The only way to prevent that is to be good at something.
The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.
I've never played, on the field, any other position besides quarterback. Never been on a special team. Never been on defense.
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.
I honor God that much in the way I play. That's why I never believe in getting tired. I don't even know what that word means.
There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.
At the time I retired I was kind of known for it, as one of the guys whose career ended technically as a result of a big hit.
It’s critical that young people start flexing their creative muscles in order to take on the world's most complex challenges.
You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.
I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.
As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.