Growing up in Switzerland, you learn German pretty much from day one in school. You learn French and Italian as well. I took English as an extra language because I figured that was the language of the world.

I was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.

I was a big fan of Kurt Angle when I was growing up. Actually, his book is a big part of the reason that I work out so hard.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.

We're doing a lot of work in schools getting girls to play football, breaking down any taboos there might be, and we're seeing them get interested and bring their families along, where they have such a good match day experience that they're coming back.

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.

My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.