People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.

Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.

Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.

I've found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

I want Bolivians to support their president.

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

Nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping, so mind your business and let others mind theirs.

Not only does political coverage often lose the signal—it frequently accentuates the noise.

The truth of truths is love.

There are ways for what has been going on at that foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, there are ways that that can be exposed and embarrass and humiliate and all that.