There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.

It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen.

I think my numbers speak for themselves.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.

But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me.

The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.

You learn to kid around and joke and not take things too seriously because somehow its all gonna work out for the best - or you're gonna make it work out.

Sure enough, it wasn't long until I got a call, telling me I had a scholarship there. It was the only scholarship offer I had and, believe me, I jumped at it.

You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.

By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.

There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.

He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.

I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop.

Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything - his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play.

The disappointment of losing is huge.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.

The emotions of the game do not change.

Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between.

The single dynamic that helps people be most aware of God and most experiencing the fruit of the Spirit is gratitude.

There are so many hot, sexy women in L.A.

You have to understand the nature of light.

In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.

The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.

Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself.

I truthfully think, a consistent coach over 30 years, probably, I'd rather be that than having one championship and mediocrity for years.

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.

If you think about it, critics are an unnecessary life-form on the planet Earth, and here's why: because it's a job without credentials. You don't have to go to school.

I'm a geek who loves fashion. There's been a reinvention of the word geek. It means being passionate about anything that's under the radar or sort of frowned upon, like Comic-Con.

America's peak years of indigenous innovation ran from the 1820s to the 1960s. There were a few financial panics and two depressions, to be sure. But in this period, a frenzy of creative activity, economic competition and rapid growth in national income provided widening economic inclusion, rising wages for all, and engaging careers for most.

If you want to forget something or someone never hate it or never hate himher. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart if you want to let go of something if you want to forget you cannot hate.

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.

To the world, I'm Bow Wow. When I leave here and I go to L.A., and I go to my daughter's house and I sit with her, I feel like Shad. I'm not Bow; I'm 'Daddy.' It's, like, the illest feeling in the world. I feel like I'm away from everything.

In order to build a great technology company, you have to hire lots of incredibly smart people. It's a total waste to have lots of big brains but not let them work on your biggest problems.

If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.

The mental mist of ambiguity and the fog of ambivalence hamper human existence.

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens all the time.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

Satellite images suggest North Korea is building a light-water reactor and working on uranium enrichment. This is troubling.

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.