When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.

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.

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.

Quarterbacks are always ready.

Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit.