One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.

The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.