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?

If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done yet.

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

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.

A nation that spends billions to fix international problems will not have much left over for the victims of tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

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