Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the read more

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the read more

Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies and longings.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have read more

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

I don't like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to read more

I don't like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him

One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for read more

One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?
(when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.