In high school, every last one of the passing schemes was designed for me.

I'd like to be a 5-10, 205-pound running back. I think it's natural for big guys to want to be a little faster.

You had to be tough in our neighborhood.

If I had stayed with football in college, I probably would have been a first-round pick.

High school football in Detroit was not easy at all. There were talented players everywhere.

I try to find out what the guy's strengths and weaknesses are. Like in boxing, I'd be a counter-puncher. Whatever he does well, I try to take advantage of what he doesn't do well.

A dunk is nice because it can create momentum, but it's not as good as scoring a touchdown.

In basketball, I always had a first step. A separation step. That works now, too.

If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

Be a problem solver

As Harvard Business School professor Peter Bregman advises, 'Don't write a book, write a page...Don't expect to be a great manager in your first six months, just try to set expectations well.

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.

Science is a good thing. News reporters are good things too. But it's never a good idea to put them in the same room.