I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.

When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.