Life Is Great, Football Is Better.

Live Your Life As A Revolution And Not Just A Process Of Evolution. I Realized Today That If I Stay On A Path Of Gradual Evolution Into The Man I Ultimately Want To Become, I Am Going To Run Out Of Time Before I Reach The Goal.

I Blew The College Boards, And To Ease The Snub From Harvard Made A Tour Of Europe.

I've Been Very Lucky In The Freedom That I've Been Given. Every Artist Needs Two Types Of Freedom: You Need The Freedom To - The Freedom To Come Up With An Idea Or Treatment - And Then You Need The Other Half Of The Freedom, And That's Freedom From - Somebody Saying, 'this Is Great. This Is How I Want You To Do It'.

I Never Thought Of What I Was Doing As A Way To Sell The Nfl. I Was Making Movies About A Sport That I Loved, About Players And Coaches That I Respected. I Wanted To Convey My Love Of The Game Through Film. And Most Artists Convey Their Love Through Art. And My Art And My Love Was Expressed Through Film.

To Me, Football Is Very Personal. Even As A Kid, I Looked At Football In Dramaturgical Terms. It Wasn't The Score That Interested Me, It Was The Struggle.