I always tell people that if you gave me a pen and a piece of paper when I was a teenager and said, "Write out how you'd like your career to go," I would have probably short changed myself compared to what it's been for real. I'm just extremely excited about what I've accomplished.

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is.

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.