People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

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.

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

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.