You've got to go out there and play your tail off every single day and at times during the year it can be tough to do that.

You have more of an opportunity than people think to impact a game through the tone that you can set. You can't control everything, setting that tone is important.

Regardless if your career is short or long, I personally would rather win more often than not.

The most rewarding thing to me is going deep into games, knowing you stood up, and did your job.

It wasn't in the cards to work out in football.

When we have a defensive situation in which we are conceding too many goals, it is not just a problem in the defense but the entire team, starting with the coach.

In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.'

When I'm on the court, I feel at peace, really. It feels like my home. I'm always thinking of something creative to do, like trick shots or something like that. It's just something about the basketball court that touches me; it makes me feel like nothing is wrong on the court.