People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.