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We have a civil rights photo collection in our house, a big, beautiful coffee table book with images so vivid they cause jaws to drop. When my daughters and their friends pick it up to look at the young Black boys and girls in the middle of a dangerous struggle, I remind them that our eyes are trained to look at the Black faces and their determination as they walk to school. But I tell them also to look at the white faces in the background: the young, jeering faces shouting slurs and throwing things. “All of those folks are now around your granddad’s age,” I tell my daughters. They’re still with us, and those people now walk around, every day, living with what they did, and either trying to rectify it in their brains, through penance, or voting for Donald Trump and passing that hatred down to their children’s children. That is this country. Them. We cannot afford to pretend they don’t live among us.

12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.

Wisdom of the Ages: "12th Man" As official members of the Seattle Seahawks by virtue of the purchase of $100 plus jerseys made in sweatshops for $2, I will be expecting TWO Super Bowl rings in the mail in February.

Aaron Rodgers, starting quarterback - that just has a good ring to it.

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.

Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom.

Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that's the critical factor.

A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.

After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

Always be prepared to start.

Alan Schwarz of the New York Times calls up the NFL to get a response, and what he gets from Greg Aiello, the league spokesman, is more denials. They are now denying their own study.

All of my Polynesian counterparts in the NFL with roots in American Samoa understand how the values embedded in our South Pacific culture - community, hard work, perseverance, respect - contribute directly to our success.

A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.

A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

A nation that spends billions to fix international problems will not have much left over for the victims of tornadoes in Oklahoma.

And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.

American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.

And I completely am one of the most sensitive in that area as far as the NFL is concerned.

And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.

Americans have a lower opinion of Congress than they do of the NFL replacement refs, head lice, traffic jams, cockroaches and even the group to which yours truly belongs - Washington political pundits.

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

Anytime you run a gimmick offence, you're a little bit afraid - you're not sound in what you're doing in your base stuff.

A plastic man really, actually no man at all.

As a kid, I always wanted to obviously win a Super Bowl. Now that I've got one, it's like, 'Now what?' Let's go get another one!

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

At the end of the day, it's hard to win against the NFL. It's a billion-dollar business, it's hard to win against it. They can manipulate a lot of different things. They can pull strings, they know people. At the end of the day, nine times out of 10, they are going to win.

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site.

Barry Sanders, by far. Not only one of my favorite Lions, but one of my favorite NFL athletes. It's all about highlights for me, I'm a receiver! Sanders is like the NFL version of an And1 mix tape.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.

Bad attitudes will ruin your team.

Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

Boy, do I hate to lose.

Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it's completely crazy is completely crazy.

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. If you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.