The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.
If you understand what the other team is trying to do to stop you, it makes your job easier.
If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by.
I'd not only be cheating myself, but I'd be cheating my teammates if I continued to make the money that I was making and wasn't producing or putting out to the level of payment that I was receiving. That's just me.
My vision is my best attribute. I can see everything.
Knowledge relaxes me. Football is all about playing faster. You play faster when you know more.
When things are not going right, where are the leaders to pull this team together? That leadership sometimes, you just can’t find it. If one of your leaders is the guy who throws five interceptions [in one game], you have an issue.
I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in film school I acted in probably 6,000 student films because no other filmmakers knew anyone who wanted to act. It was all a big beautiful snake eating its tail, progressing along the way.
Set aside the many competing explanations of the big bang; something made an entire cosmos out of nothing. It is this realization - that something transcendent started it all - which has hard-science types. . . using terms like "miracle. "
Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it.
I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.