Jay DeMarcus Quotes

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

I think sometimes in life we rush and only later look back and say, 'Wow, that was something pretty cool that I did,' and we realize we should have been more aware while it was happening.

I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.

One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.

I look back with a mix of emotions: sadness for the people who are gone, nostalgia for times that have passed, but immense gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that came my way.

I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything.

Going back, I wish I could have been in the moment a little bit more. I can't change it, but hindsight definitely makes me appreciative of the moment now - even if it's hard, or exhausting, it's all a part of the experience.

Football is full of highs and lows, but when people retire, they often say, 'I wish I'd enjoyed it more.'

But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.

In theory momentos serve to bring back the moment. In fact they serve only to make clear how inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here. How inadequately I appreciated the moment when it was here is something else I could never afford to see.

Remember this... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

I've loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them.

There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly.

I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.

A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

When I think about it, 20 years really seems like a blink of an eye sometimes. I wish I would have made a more concerted effort to enjoy things along the way.

As you get older, you treasure the beautiful things of the past but also see things more clearly.

Every moment is memorable to me.

It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way.