Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come." And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?

Anytime you go upside a man's head - or a woman - then they have a tendency to blink they eyes. Or close they eyes.

The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth.

I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch.

There are all kinds of smiles. On the football field I mostly used the one where the hawk spots the dove.

When it comes to your life's work, you can't take yourself too seriously. Even Jesus had an occasional joke with the boys, take walking on water, for instance - but there's a time and place for fun. Jesus never faltered when it came time to tip over the money stalls or to take his hard walk up the mountain.

I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback." That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage ..." It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it.