"The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, ‘I made my parents proud.’" ― Roger Goodell Topic(s): Hope More From Roger Goodell "The owners don’t win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it’s certainly not good for the players, it’s certainly not good for the fans. And that’s most important to us." "The way you continue to be a successful business is you don’t wait for the car to go off the cliff. You have to manage yourself. And make sure you do it in the right way so you are not making decisions in crisis." "No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised." More In Hope "Among physicists, I’m respected I hope."― Stephen Hawking "In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother."― Diane Kruger "I hope that women everywhere will wear this jewelry and feel the passion and love that is, to me, the real spirit of True Harmony."― Carol Alt