“I've had my dream job. I have been able to work on issues that I have been deeply passionate about since I first began my career in the securities business nearly 38 years ago,”

“We do have closure, even though it hurts. It's really tough when your dreams are shattered. . . . Instead of your son walking back through the door, you get a knock on the door from the state and local police.”

“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.”

“Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.”

“Today represents another milestone toward the fulfillment of the American dream for thousands of lesbian and gay couples in California, ... Society is strongest when it upholds the basic civil rights of all its citizens, including the right to marry the person you love.”

“It's great to be home. It's something every college player I'm sure dreams of. To go through (a January bowl) all three of my years I've been here, I can't ask for anything any better than that.”

“Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and consta”

“Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”

“I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that I had, I could make it. This is why we have to get back and bring California back to where it once was.”

“It was always a dream of mine. Since I was a player, I wanted to come back and give back to the program that gave me so much. I just want the girls to have the experience that I had and to learn what I learned.”