“I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.”

Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.

We are essentially telling society that life itself is not important enough to be called an inalienable right. If life itself is not the most fundamental of all rights, then what is?

I’m not really sure why. But… do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don’t think so. That’s what makes the betrayal hurt so much – pain, frustration, anger… and I still loved her. I still do.

The media dwells mostly on negativity.

Being arrested that also changed everything for me because I was suddenly seeing America from a different perspective all together. I did a couple of weeks in a county jail.

You ask yourself, ‘What do you want your legacy to be?’ I’m content at this point to say, ‘Those who follow me.’ Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I’ve got a pretty good group, so far.

I like linebackers. I collect ’em. You can’t have too many good ones.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind.

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.

My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

Confidence is only born out of one thing ­ demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.

I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.

Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She’s gorgeous, she’s smart, and she really takes care of herself.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.

An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows…

I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road.

If you want to uncover problems you don’t know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven’t examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different

Defined brows instantly make you look more polished.