Quotes About Decision

Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.

When you make a decision to stop saying yes to rubbish, mediocre films, or roles that are not going to help you in any way. To make a conscious decision to say no. Then at the back of your mind you also have your insecurities 'oh God, will I ever even work again?'

The minute I think 'Oh God, I don't want to do this because I'm scared,' is the moment I have to do something, whatever it is.

I was going through this identity crisis of being like, 'I don't think I want to be a doctor anymore.' And, 'oh my god, have I made a huge mistake? What do I do?'

I won't sign a film thinking, 'Oh my God! I don't have a film so I've got to sign one real quickly.'

I wanted to be a doctor, but my mom was like, 'It's really hard and it's going to take 10 years,' so I was like 'OK, I'll just be a lawyer'.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book.

The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you.

I never said I want to be the football guy. But when that opportunity started to become real, I said, 'Okay, let's see where this goes.'

The Bible says that you marry for life, okay. It's a lifetime decision.

I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.

I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.

I was making $38,500 and Oklahoma offered me $125,000 to be the offensive coordinator and I thought, 'Hmm, I probably should look at this.'

I will not go to Oklahoma and retire my jersey there.

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

Leaving Oklahoma for Illinois is not the no-brainer some think it is.

I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.

I have an old-fashioned belief that Americans like to make up their own minds on the basis of all available information.

My older brother went into another city for college, and I felt like I wanted to stay in my home town to be close to my parents. Looking back, that was the best decision. My father passed away in 2010 and I got to enjoy those four years with him.

I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.

My wife, Olivia, always thought I was one day going to go into coaching. But after playing until I was 37, I didn't want to subject my family to that nomad life. I think I definitely could have done it.

There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.

I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.