When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?

I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.

Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.