In my late teens, like many a devout Catholic boy, I considered the priesthood and even went as far as discussing the idea at a seminary in Belfast but hesitated. I decided to focus on physics at university, another way perhaps to contemplate the mysteries of reality.

I'm not a daily coffee guy at all, or energy drinks or anything like that.

I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that.

If you don't fall how are you going to know what getting up is like.

What goes through my head when I'm going to take a game-winning shot is ... I better make it. Don't be afraid of the moment.

You don't have to live anybody else's story.

In my terms, "neurocognitive efficiency" is being able to make smarter, faster decisions on the floor.