I'm not someone who goes around the locker room before a game trying to motivate my teammates. I don't say a lot before the game. I don't say a lot in general. It takes too much energy to do that.

I don't like to stop. I'm a big person who looks at where the hubs are because I hate changing planes.

No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.

The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

English muffins with avocado is one of my favorite breakfasts.

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.