I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.
There goes the world's wimpiest vampire.
I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.
Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.
I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.
That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of my teammates.
Griffin Mill: Let's go to Acapulco. June: Is that the thing to do? Griffin Mill: It's *a* thing to do.
When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.
Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.
It's pretty simple for me; I believe all people are created equal, regardless of their sexuality. To promote respect and acceptance is an important role for NFL players and the NFLPA.
You know when everyone's watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.
My mom was really cool. She's the one that gave me the mentality about believing in myself and trusting it, that I was always gonna be okay, and that I could do things in a special way. She just pumped me up, you know?
The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.
Malcolm McDowell: Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same.
Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.
I grew up watching my dad scout games live. They played on Saturday. Sometimes they wouldn't get the films until Monday. Sunday air shipping from wherever the college team was located - Starkville, Mississippi, or wherever the film was coming from. I...
Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully. June: What elements? Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings. June: What about reality?
And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men to make himself invisible, Griffin, the most gifte...