Growing up, I was a little hippie kid. I went to some good concerts... Amnesty International with Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman... The best concert I ever went to was this one at the Cow Palace my freshman year in college on New Year's Eve. It was Pearl Jam opening for Nirvana opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.

If you write something down on paper, it becomes an actual goal. Before you write it down, it's a thought, a dream that may or may not get done.

It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.

If you don't have the time or money to get to the gym, work out at home. It saves tons of time and makes life more efficient.

I like to smile. I try to bring happiness on and off the pitch. I don't understand how you can play football without joy.

Football is losing its essence: people talk about celebrations instead of goals.

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.