It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

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.

What we have done is when the threat has been directed at the United States, i.e., the terrorist threat from ISIL or Al-Qaeda in Syria, is to go after them.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.

I am blunt when I want to be.