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

You are one of a kind, one in a billion, an incredible unique individual. The problem is, so is everybody else.

It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.

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

When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that’s what scares me about the game. I’m a Baptist, but I’m also a quarterback killer, and I ain’t praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you.

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?

I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.