"I thought about you all the time. I used to pray that you’d live to be a hundred years old. I didn’t know. I didn’t know that you were ashamed of me."

“That ‘hundreds and hundreds’ was taken totally out of context. When I was making a point to this person, I was making a point that over my 31 years in the National Football League I’ve seen a lot of changes. There were hundreds and hundreds of things over those years that I’ve seen that have gotten better. Domestic violence is one of those.”

“this is what I know about courage: You don't have to think about courage to have it. You don't have to feel courageous to be courageous. You don't sit down and say you're going to be courageous. At the moment of action, you don't see it as a courageous act. Courage is the most hidden thing from your eye or mind until after it's done. There's some inner something that tells you what's right. You know you have to do it to survive as a human being. You have no choice.”

Source : Unita Blackwell, JoAnne Prichard Morris (2006). “Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom”, Crown

“During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our Saviour. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.”

“I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.”

“If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.”

Source : "Meet Diane Kruger, Our Style Icon". Interview With Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. January 31, 2011.

“I find nothing wrong with striving for the impossible. But I find alot wrong with giving up”

“Our choices are truncated in evil's presence.”

Source : Michael Ventura (1994). “The Zoo where You're Fed to God: A Novel”, Simon & Schuster

“The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.”