“They used to call me ‘Touchdown T.’ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‘I’m going to run for three touchdowns.’ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.”

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

I didn’t watch ‘The A-Team’ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.

Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.

I sent out a tweet, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ should stop the jibber jabber.

I’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.

If I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.

Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

Rocky’ and ‘Rocky III’ were the best.

I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself.

We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that. I wanted to build buildings when I graduated from high school. I do know my way around that stuff.

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them, and then come to a close. I usually feel that there are no superfluous extras, but probably most composers feel that way about their works.

I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my cell phone, and was available. In my first year of teaching,

One more thing. I sold the mustang. Too conspicuous. Don’t get too excited, but i bought you a little something with the extra cash. I heard you’ve had your eye on a volkswagen. The owner is dropping it by tomorrow. I paid for a full tank of gas, so make sure she delivers.

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.

Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.