Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.

And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.

If I can walk, I'll play.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

I love myself. Because I'm all that I have and if I don't love myself, no one else will. Whenever I feel myself starting to dislike something I tell myself, "This is who I am," so what's the point in disliking it?