If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.
When I'm done with football, I want to be done with football. I don't want to have, Oh, did I leave too early?
The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam.
In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.
I've seen guys retire and then say they don't feel their career was complete without a Super Bowl. They play that woulda-coulda game in their heads. Not me.
If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.
Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.
Winding up unfinished business with another person can give you a great burst of positive energy.
