If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.
When I'm done with football, I want to be done with football. I don't want to have, Oh, did I leave too early?
The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam.
In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.
I've seen guys retire and then say they don't feel their career was complete without a Super Bowl. They play that woulda-coulda game in their heads. Not me.
Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.
If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.
Winding up unfinished business with another person can give you a great burst of positive energy.
