I'm mainstream. Always have been.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life."

If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.

I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I'm a Deadhead.

Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.