“I’m thankful for some of bad experiences I’ve had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.”

After you have a big game, you can’t just say, ‘That’s it, I’ve arrived,’ by any means. I’m always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that’s important.

Sometimes you get lucky – you don’t put much work in and you’re successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it’s about the quality of the time you put in.

If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.

You know when grandparents get older and they can’t do things for themselves anymore? I’m gonna struggle with that. Because I hate depending on people to do anything for me.

It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we’re winning a different way every time. It’s a great feeling.

When I was younger, I was just always looking for – you’re always looking for this hot, so hot, like super-hot girl.

College. I didn’t even realize it was carefree at the time, but looking back, that was the most carefree time ever.

It’s cool to actually have my own trading card.

Some of the best competition there’s been since I’ve been in the league. Just every night, night in and night out we get to play against the top guys, the top teams. It’s a lot of fun.

I’m not a huge fan of plastic surgery, for either guys or girls.

Take care of your body from the inside out.

The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay!

Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it’s some of the funnest times I’ve had in basketball, and I’ll cherish those memories forever.

People can’t measure the amount of heart you have and how much you’re willing to fight for something.

I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.

Transformation excites me. So does truth. Nothing is more thrilling, hilarious, and tragic than the truth. Those things motivated me to become an actor. Also, they always have the best food on set.

So many people have listened to my song because of it – I’m beyond grateful. It’s funny because when I met Spencer and Dustin, they were so excited to meet me, but I was like you’re the celebrities to me – they’re the ones with a video has over 10 million views.

When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama.

Some of the guys I played with .. didn’t go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means.

You’ve got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.

For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in faith.

Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …