"As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football."

"I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much."

"We played a lot of sandlot ball, so we were used to tackling each other, or falling on the concrete, things of that nature. And nine times out of 10, our flag games turned into tackle anyway. So when I got to high school, tackle football was kind of natural."

"When I was in high school, my mom hated football. But then, the more I played, the more it grew on her. This game has done a lot for my family - not just from a financial standpoint, but it also helped bring my family together."

"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost."

"You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'"

"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."

"I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly."