In everything I've done, I always just hated to lose more than I like to win.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

If my son is happy, then I am happy.

Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.

Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of.

I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't work out because I didn't have the arm. I also played wide receiver my senior year in high school.

I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

Chicago is the largest city in the country without mayoral term limits. This has led to entrenched leaders, a lack of new ideas and creative thinking and a city government that works for the few, not the many.