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.

You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

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.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

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.