Quotes About Responsibility

Everybody gets bored or rather emotionally flat sometimes, but most players are not so honest as Tomic. They have sponsors that need to be happy, and they want to keep the tour happy.

The networks have to answer to their sponsors. That's the difficult thing you learn.

I am the driver. I am the owner, kind of the sponsor, except for our sponsorship with Dodge.

Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like.

Being spontaneous at times is a must. Being spontaneous all the time is a crazy person.

Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously.

Of course I don't think any of the past will go away. The thing is, with me and Stephen, for many years, I put every spoon of food into his mouth, dressed him, and bathed him. You do not forget that experience.

There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor.

If the champion can't fight because of an injury, it's not my fault. It happens in this sport. It's normal.

If you're going to be a man and get in there and do this sport, you better man up and understand your own mistakes. There's no way to get around that. There's absolutely no way.

Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.

I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

In sports, every day you can be the hero or the goat.

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

First I'm a sportsman and then a politician.

Other sportsmen have confided in me that they're gay. The advice I give is that coming out is great for you as a person, but that you also have to remember you're a role model. As a sportsman you take the money and the glory, but you also take the responsibility that comes with it and make sure the stories that follow are positive.

The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least in mixed company, are features of African American life that predate affirmative action and arise outside of its presence.

Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?'

Greatest thing in our partnership is the sharing of responsibility; if one of us has to go away, we always know someone vitally concerned is on the spot.

My dad died from cancer when I was 18, and my mom was in a really tough spot. So I wanted to try to help at home. I had started doing some technology consulting.