“But that’s the thing about basketball: you don’t play games on paper.”

In 1994, nobody could have predicted ‘Shawshank’ would one day be an iconic movie – and believe me, that would never have happened if Danny Glover had been Red instead of Morgan Freeman.

Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.

Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. 30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

There’s a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams .

I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments, and if you can’t handle one of them, you probably don’t deserve to win anyway.

like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics – teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.

Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You’re being paid to play a game! That’s pretty special.

I have a soft side that I like people to see. I’m not mean. That’s just football. That’s just the way you’ve got to go. You can’t go into a game that is that violent and be soft. You can’t be that way.

I can’t marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics.

The best indicator of a Chess Player’s form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

That’s not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field?

It’s easier to change the game than to change the people playing it.

That is the thing I’m most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage – at this stage of the game.