To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.

It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious.

I prepare myself in the summer to play 48 minutes. It's not a logical goal, but that's the way I prepare.

You have to get yourself psyched up because you never have a night off defensively, especially at my position.

I don't regret not coming out early. A lot of people felt that I could have been a lottery pick, but we'll never know.

I'm just a skinny kid from Maywood trying to do my best. I never took anything for granted. I never wanted to come off like some kind of big-headed, conceited athlete.

What am I most proud of? That, as a man, I've made my mom proud. Not just in basketball, but away from the court, too.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

The woman who takes a woman lover lives dangerously in patriarchy.

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

It took Dan Jansen, the speed skater, four Olympics to win a medal-a gold one at that!-but he never gave up. I won't, either.

Those who can bear all can dare all.

I cannot hate them because nothing binds me to them; I have nothing in common with them.

I see the face of a child. He lives in a great city. He is black. Or he is white. He is Mexican, Italian, Polish. None of that matters. What matters, he's an American child.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

The goal isn't innovation. The goal is effectiveness. We strive for innovation because we want to be effective.

The one thing you can do for others is the manage your own life. And do it with conviction.