New York is fast paced, with enthusiastic fans and lots of media attention. Houston's slower paced, and there's more of a southern culture to the city. But both cities have unbelievable food.

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.

Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance.

Bodily haste and exertion usually leave our thoughts very much at the mercy of our feelings and imagination.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

I'm so smart, I read and understand Hegel

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear.