That's something I loved growing up - the other team yelling, hyped, student section, all of that gets me going.

The competitive spirit and the way we worked hard growing up came naturally to me from my family.

My whole family growing up played sports, so I'm definitely from a strong sporting background.

I'm going to get criticized my whole career.

I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.

Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.

I had a lot of fun playing football and basketball, but deep down, the chess match or cat-and-mouse game between the pitcher and batter in baseball really drew me in. It's a thinking man's game, and for me, nothing can compare to that.

I play to be happy in the first place and then to help my colleagues and my team the best way I can, with the best football.