My father [Charlie Knox] told me that you have to take your lickings. Take your knocks, ... Don't bemoan your fate. Everybody's not going to be dealt the same hand. Everybody's going to go through tough times.

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try.

I just told him what my father used to tell me. As long as you have a bat in your hand, you can re-write the story.

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! / Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.

Football players win football games.