“Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.”

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.

It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

One of the things that’s complicated about writing anything is that it’s an act of narcissism, and then of course once it sails out into the world, you have to let go of it.

Live every second, Here and now . Don’t let go, Before it’s to late

[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,

You should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received.

I think passion is something that’s more powerful than even love. It’s something that you’re not willing to let go of, and you’ll work really hard to make sure that stays a part of your life.

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I’ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.

You can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that’s about the time I started writing decent work.