I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

I was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be a psychologist, whereas most people who play their occupation is their definition - and then when they stop doing who they are, they become nothing.

In a country like America, there are places, many states here still where coming out means you lose your job, where coming out means division, where it means potentially abuse.

I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

You can't be a part-time man of principle.

I thought kissing was good with girls, but I always thought you know it probably could be better, so there was nothing really.

Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.