When I started playing, my mom said there were three players she wanted me to watch - Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.

My writing ability all stems from the blues.

My grandad used to work in the mines, he's retired now, but he's been a big part of my career.

I don't know if Prince even really paid attention to time. The moment of creativity is the moment, and you go at that moment.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

Very little thought goes into making this stuff I make. It is on impulse. I think of colors all day and suddenly if I think of ice blue, I wonder if red or yellow will go with it.

People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.

After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.

Wherever I am in my life, it's because rugby has enabled me to do that.

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

You dream of your first NFL start when you're a little kid, playing football in the backyard, but until you get there, you never know what to expect.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Christ. That, hands down, blows away every joke I've ever written.

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.

I wanted to be Ronaldinho. I studied him a lot. He was my hero.

Light tomorrow with today!

Madam Walker was an incredible woman, but she wasn't the only one of her time who was. She just took it to the highest height.

Two people who really inspire me are my parents, Wanda and Anthony, just because they really made sure to keep up Hispanic culture in my family.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

When I'm on the court, it's a blessing.

We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.

Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.

My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.

And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.