There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.

Simply because we do not run across goal lines, slam dunk basketballs, or hit home runs, doesn't mean we can't change the score.

I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some point. You know you are going to be put in danger's way, and you accept that risk, and you do it.

I used to write letters to Jim McKay in college. 'Wide World of Sports' was this travelogue, really, that introduced us to sports and it introduced us to parts of the world that we had never seen before. And no one was a bigger tour guide than Mr. McKay.

If you start to hesitate with your game, if you start to not go completely with your plan, then it's tough to play your best tennis.

football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come