Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

I've actually done a really good job listening to my body, relaxing. Some days you train hard, some days you rest a little bit.

That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.

The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research.