I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers.

All these people, all these things came into my life, and they're all blessings from God. And now that I look back, I realize that these are His fingerprints all over my story.

I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.

You don't get better if you win all the time. You look at yourself more when you lose.

My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.

Well, I'm not here to live up to anyone else's expectations-I'm here to live up to mine.

For me, when I get knocked down, I really try to get back up and go at it again. I don't like to give up.

If you look back at my story, it doesn’t matter where you look, but God’s fingerprints are all over the place.

When a day goes by and I haven't written anything, I better have been doing something worth writing about.

Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.

The world's a rollercoaster and I am not strapped in. Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air.

When time marches on, it steps on your nose and tail, and leaves boot prints down your back.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.

Things happen they way they're meant to. There's a pattern and a shape to everything...Nothing happens without a reason...Nothing is impossible...(Page 180).

I do like the immediacy of audience's reaction. I like when I can hear the stillness and I know that they're with us.