I told somebody once, 'You don't want the Herschel that plays football... babysitting your child. When I am competing, I am a totally different person.'
There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.
Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
Asking your children about their fears or worries about going back to school will help them share their burden.
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone.
When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
You've got to be able to think on your own; you've got to be creative. You can't be willing to take a backseat.
It's kind of a weird thing when you've been at the top of a division you've been in your entire career to kind of take a backseat because of friendship.
I like tricks; I like to dazzle. Dribbling and leaving your opponent on his backside is what life is for. If I achieve what I want to, then I'll mark a distinct era in football. I'm the Che Guevara of modern soccer.
There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
A toned backside truly anchors your physique and can make the difference between jeans fitting and jeans really fitting.
I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.
How did George Bensen cut 'In Your Eyes?' How did I work with the Backstreet Boys? It all comes back to 'Sometimes When We Touch.'
I listen to a lot of Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears - the songs just stick in your head and that's what I want to achieve with my music.
Ever since I was maybe nine or 10 years old, I'd say, 'I'm gonna be an actor, and I'm gonna go to Julliard, and I'm gonna be in movies.' My parents never said, 'What's your backup plan?'
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.
