“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.”

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

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

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

The day you think you have reached your fullest potential is the day that you havn’t.

Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you’ll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.

Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.

My dream was to not get a day job but to sleep, wake up and do my music. I want to keep that dream forever.

Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.

Even on the darkest days the sun still rises.

Success is something that has to be earned every day.