“Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support.”

Just know that nine times out of 10 that no matter whether you were right or you were wrong, the NFL is a business.

I’m looking forward to getting back on the field, it’s what I love to do.

It feels good to give back to the people who support you.

That willpower has to kick in.

With trials, you become wiser.

I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.

That’s how you turn a team around.

I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I’m going to be able to do.

Adversity makes me hungrier.

No matter what wrong I’ve done, I know who sees the heart.

I like to bless people and do things without the world knowing about it, because I’m not in it for the glory.

The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.

I know that people have their own opinions and they look at what the norm is for people.

I definitely run up right, and I’ve got pretty good speed.

I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I’m using football.

The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain.

If you want to create vital, long-lasting love, you must become a master of verbal & nonverbal appreciation.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Which led me into a new appreciation of middle [William Butler ] Yeats, of the short three-beat line and forward-driving syntax, and that paid in, in turn to a poem like Casualty in Field Work.

In the 1970s, for example, I found myself learning to relish the poetry of Andrew Marvell and Sir Thomas Wyatt, and getting a handle on poetry of plainer speech than I had dwelt with heretofore.

If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”

Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.

Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.