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"I wanted to write a book that would describe an alternative way of agenting, one that focused on role modeling and one that focused on a list of concepts of the athlete."
"I had a series of reverses in my own life. I picked a not wonderful way of dulling that pain and spiraled down in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2010 I realized that my dad had two core values — one was to treasure relationships, especially family, and the second was to try and make a meaningful difference in the world. I wasn't being very good on either of those counts. I had an epiphany that if nothing else I would be sober. Next month I'll be four years continually sober."
"The reason I was open about [alcoholism] in my book and other places is so that if anyone is struggling, hopeless, or has no idea what they're in the grip of, that they know there is a way out. There is hope."
"The real key to this all is listening. You have to be introspective of yourself and figuring out what your true value system is."
"It's that ability to be able to connect on a human level, more than being able to do great contracts or the quality of some of the work."
"I have so many favorite clients, but Warren Moon and I spent 23 years together as lawyer and client. We sort of grew up together. Warren wrote the foreword to my book so you can see his thoughts there."
"Ray [Childress] was a terrific player. He could play the edge and rush or he could play the middle if he had to. He that versatility, and he was on intense. He was all about business."
"Ray has been successful at everything he's done in his life. He's very bright, but might be a little Clint Eastwood and not talk in some superfluous way. He's at the core of community-minded professionals and does honor for Texas A&M."
"When Ricky Williams was at practice and playing, he was as good of a practice player ever. He never complained, he was wonderful and he was always on time. He was unselfish and all the players loved him. Then you had Ricky off the field, who was a searcher for higher truth. He decided one year to retire and went to Australia, where he was living in a pup tent. There was no way to bring him back."
"He goes to Thailand and has an epiphany that he is meant to play for the Raiders. He comes back to California to my office and says he wants to play under a new name. Riodon. And he wants a new number, and that number is 21. Later on, I went down when he was signing footballs and I had twelve balls with 'Riodon 21' on them."
"Johnny Manziel was the key attraction in college football the last two years. He was the dominant superstar like Reggie Bush. They both did things on the football field that nobody had ever seen."
"The key is individual teams falling in love with individual players. It's how bad an individual team wants him. It's a bonding process that takes place."
"I've represented the first pick in eight different years. It's impossible to win in the NFL without a franchise quarterback. By that, I mean a guy you can build a team around for 10-12 years. If you don't have one, then you have to take the quarterback. Houston's got to be looking at the position no matter how good Jadeveon Clowney is. He's still a position player."
"Johnny has every chance to be that guy. He is a consummate football player."
"There are only two rules: a player can talk to agents from the day he is born until he leaves the earth; he can't take something of value from an agent and he can't agree orally or in written form to be represented. Other than that, he can do anything he wants to."
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"To watch Texas A&M emerge from another good football program into that upper-elite five or ten programs is amazing.""I wanted to write a book that would describe an alternative way of agenting, one that focused on role modeling and one that focused on a list of concepts of the athlete."
"I had a series of reverses in my own life. I picked a not wonderful way of dulling that pain and spiraled down in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2010 I realized that my dad had two core values — one was to treasure relationships, especially family, and the second was to try and make a meaningful difference in the world. I wasn't being very good on either of those counts. I had an epiphany that if nothing else I would be sober. Next month I'll be four years continually sober."
"The reason I was open about [alcoholism] in my book and other places is so that if anyone is struggling, hopeless, or has no idea what they're in the grip of, that they know there is a way out. There is hope."
"The real key to this all is listening. You have to be introspective of yourself and figuring out what your true value system is."
"It's that ability to be able to connect on a human level, more than being able to do great contracts or the quality of some of the work."
"I have so many favorite clients, but Warren Moon and I spent 23 years together as lawyer and client. We sort of grew up together. Warren wrote the foreword to my book so you can see his thoughts there."
"Ray [Childress] was a terrific player. He could play the edge and rush or he could play the middle if he had to. He that versatility, and he was on intense. He was all about business."
"Ray has been successful at everything he's done in his life. He's very bright, but might be a little Clint Eastwood and not talk in some superfluous way. He's at the core of community-minded professionals and does honor for Texas A&M."
"When Ricky Williams was at practice and playing, he was as good of a practice player ever. He never complained, he was wonderful and he was always on time. He was unselfish and all the players loved him. Then you had Ricky off the field, who was a searcher for higher truth. He decided one year to retire and went to Australia, where he was living in a pup tent. There was no way to bring him back."
"He goes to Thailand and has an epiphany that he is meant to play for the Raiders. He comes back to California to my office and says he wants to play under a new name. Riodon. And he wants a new number, and that number is 21. Later on, I went down when he was signing footballs and I had twelve balls with 'Riodon 21' on them."
"Johnny Manziel was the key attraction in college football the last two years. He was the dominant superstar like Reggie Bush. They both did things on the football field that nobody had ever seen."
"The key is individual teams falling in love with individual players. It's how bad an individual team wants him. It's a bonding process that takes place."
"I've represented the first pick in eight different years. It's impossible to win in the NFL without a franchise quarterback. By that, I mean a guy you can build a team around for 10-12 years. If you don't have one, then you have to take the quarterback. Houston's got to be looking at the position no matter how good Jadeveon Clowney is. He's still a position player."
"Johnny has every chance to be that guy. He is a consummate football player."
"There are only two rules: a player can talk to agents from the day he is born until he leaves the earth; he can't take something of value from an agent and he can't agree orally or in written form to be represented. Other than that, he can do anything he wants to."
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