There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

Every team requires unity. A team has to move as one unit, one force, with each person understanding and assisting the roles of his teammates. If the team doesn't do this, whatever the reason, it goes down in defeat. You win or lose as a team, as a family.

The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.