I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat.


Moon Unit Zappa

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WARREN MOON
Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thou...
WARREN MOON
I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celeb...
WARREN MOON
In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterb...
WARREN MOON
Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another respon...
WARREN MOON
My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came fro...
WARREN MOON
It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just lo...
WARREN MOON
To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
WARREN MOON
Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,...
WARREN MOON
I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not ...
WARREN MOON
Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.
ELIZABETH MOON
My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.
ELIZABETH MOON
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
ELIZABETH MOON
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantas...
ELIZABETH MOON
They're always saying I'm a capitalistic pig. I suppose I am. But... it's good for my dr...
KEITH MOON
In that district, she is particularly vulnerable given her record. Voters have demanded an investmen...
AMBER MOON
Given the pay-to-play Republican style of politics that is ruling our state, the question should be ...
AMBER MOON
Its time for Gov. Perry to step up and pay attention to the educators and parents of Texas, who have...
AMBER MOON
We're unsure yet. We're still trying to figure it out, how to proceed.
AMBER MOON
The Texas Democratic Party will of course abide by the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court and give ca...
AMBER MOON