"I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career."

“I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way, also really socially progressive teachings of the Baha'i faith, the equality of men and women, the elimination of racial prejudice, the equality of science and religion, so it was a big cauldron of big ideas in my household. And we were weird and unhappy family, but nonetheless that was a really positive thing that came out of it.”

Source : Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. November 11, 2010.

“If you fight for a living you can't give a damn about the opponent because they're trying to take food out of your mouth and your kids' mouths. You're in competition with everybody. The trick is, just don't let them know you're competing against them.”

Source : Source: writingfighting.wordpress.com

“If Pakistan feels Indian positions are pre-conditions, then there will be no talks.”

“If life is a journey, time should pull over at a rest stop sometimes - we should all be given a chance to get off and stretch our legs, collect our thoughts and reorganize.”

Source : "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.

“You flip through it and say, 'I'd like to have that product and I'd like to have a person like that. It is You placing your order with the Universe. It's really that easy.”

“I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you're just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply of places to go, people to see, things to do, and fitting it all in became kind of an art.”

“Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains”

“If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.”