If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

In the scheme of life, in emotion and loss, I responded the way I did. I lost. I shouldn't have responded that way. I've had some people tell me that I did a great thing - sticking up for myself - but to me, personally, with the way that I handled my emotions, I lost. But I learned. That will not happen again.

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

It's the emotional punches that you can't see that are just overwhelmingly devastating to your heart - your moral fiber.

Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we're going to get out of it.

Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.