“I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that’s when things changed as far as going to the NFL.”

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

I don’t dream football. I dream the American Dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.

I’m a Jewish boy from Jersey. I was born with a strong sense of right and wrong, and a strong sense that the world can be a ludicrous, unfair, inhumane place.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

I really love peace and quiet.

I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn’t have adequate time to reach my full potential as a student.

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that’s never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?

To me, he has his own style. He doesnt remind me any more of myself than I did (other tailbacks). I did things to remind people of Tony Dorsett, but it was a different style. Hes a guy who can catch balls like Marshall Faulk or somebody like that.

I’m not better than anyone else. I’m not supposed to be on a pedestal. I’ve always stayed away from that.

Happiness does not come from football awards. It’s terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don’t dream football, I dream the American dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions’ players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.

What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they’re full of muscle. ‘Copacabana’ sounds like it could have been released yesterday.

If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.

From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.