“I saw greatness in John and he lived up to it. I also saw a tremendous competitor who loved to win.”

The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard

One of his great virtues, the fire that burned brightest in him, was his love and passion for football, which was seldom ever equaled.

You don’t adjust. You just dominate.

You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That’s our passion here.

The greatness of the Raiders lies in their future.

It’s not important to be consistent, it’s important to be right.

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

Just shred baby, shred.

Once a Raider, always a Raider.

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

Why should I talk to you? I don’t know where you’re from.

History will dictate what my legacy is. And ‘maverick’ is fine, because I am.

John is a standard bearer, someone that players, coaches, fans and the Raider Nation can all look up to.

We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it.

Look, I don’t want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

We would consider anyone that we think is right.

We monsters are necessary to nature also.

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.

A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn’t learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor who gives his drawings to another man, an artisan, to accomplish.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.

I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great guns.

To be a fool at the right time is also an art.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.