"I want to do what I like and that's play football."

“Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.”

“I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.”

“The entire range of living matter on Earth from whales to viruses and from oaks to algae could be regarded as constituting a single living entity capable of maintaining the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs and endowed with faculties and powers far beyond those of its constituent parts.”

Source : James Lovelock, J. E. Lovelock (2000). “Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth”, p.9, Oxford Paperbacks

“There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves.”

Source : Letter to the Editor, N.Y. Times, 13 Aug. 1945

“Wherever I went, I was on the wrong end of the stampede.”

“Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.”

“It is impossible for us to fail when we do our best when we are on the Lord's errand.”

“I've always been funny. I look back in the day, when I would take the mic from my dad in church and just start goin', at age six, the first time I did it. I think 14 was when I knew I wanted to do it and promote my own comedy shows at the church. Then, everyone would come.”

Source : "Brandon T. Jackson Interview BIG MOMMA'S: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON". Interview, collider.com. February 17, 2011.