Quotes About Transition

If ESPN ever kicked me out the door and I had to get back to coach, I have to stay on top of what's going on.

I wanted to retire on my own terms. I wanted to leave before they kicked me out.

I remember listening to 'Low End Theory': I had been kicked out of high school. I was in GED school in the LES, and all I could do was listen to 'Low End Theory.' I was in a strange time in my life, and 'Low End Theory' kind of defined that time.

I sort of went into the TV thing kicking and screaming.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

There might not be kicking in the NFL by the time I get to 45.

My family is trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the normal world. Please, I live in hotel rooms.

To tell you the truth, I thought I would be returning kicks and punts my whole career. I thought that was going to be my deal, and I was fine with that.

When I first came to this country I was this new kid from the Caribbean. England was a rude awakening for me.

A lot of kids tell me that 'Jessie' is their favorite show, and they would have been so sad if it didn't live on in 'Bunk'd.'

We can have reunification if another power replaces Kim Jong Un. I don't know who it could be, but I hope and I believe another power, another person will be better.

Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.

People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.

People in tennis, they've been in a certain bubble for so long they don't even know who they are, because obviously it's just been tennis, tennis, tennis. And let it be just tennis, tennis, tennis. Be locked into that. But when tennis is done, then what? It's kinda like: Let's enjoy being great at the sport.

I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.

My novel, 'Kingdom of Scars', is a coming-of-age story.

Traditionally, all the kings of Saudi Arabia have been sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, and they've gone from one son to the next.

By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.

Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.

When I hurt my knee, I knew it was time to retire from dancing, and I needed a job just to pay the bills, and I ended up as a receptionist for about three-four years.

I love writing novels, but I'm very fearful about writing something from absolute scratch. I kind of don't have the time to write something from scratch. I think when my knees completely give out, and I can't make films anymore, I would try to write novels from scratch.