If you approach a player with respect, he will give you that respect back, but sometimes fans are just critical.

The past can influence the future. When you finish one chapter, you open another, which will be influenced by what you've just lived through.

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that people like to sweep under the carpet.

Gerrard is passionate, and he leads from the front. At times, he has lifted Liverpool to great wins almost single-handedly.

As a matter of fact, believe it or not guys, you can actually lose money in sports! I know that you'll find that shocking.

When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball: Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way.

Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of variations... With basketball, you can correct your own mistakes, immediately and beautifully, in midair.

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.