"I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home."

"I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream."

"What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells."

"Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math."

"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."