Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I'd rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that's just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with the blueprint of beating that I enjoy. That's a huge flip, so for me I enjoy building. I enjoy coming up.

He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.

I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.

I think that game is a testament to what happens when you put no ceiling to what you're capable of doing.