"Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes."

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."

"Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all."

"I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life."

"We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons."

"There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted."