Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.

This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all.

I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life

Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies.

THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR DUMB VOTE WILL BE COUNTED––JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE!