Don’t complain; just work harder.

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.

The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.