They're really athletic, but a lot of times what most people don't realize is that it's not their first shot that kills you, it's their second shot. We have to make sure we get in position to box out to make sure they don't get that second shot.

That pressure defense can throw teams out of their game plan pretty fast.

Beware of being trapped in your own imaginings. You instill sparks in others, you charge them with your illusions, and when they burst forth into illuminations, you are taken in.

I found out that what really motivates me and drives me is helping people. That had been true at DCI, where seeing that succeed really gave me a charge.

We wanted to show people, absolutely and as a matter of fact, where we came from. We wanted to put to bed the idea that we were weaned on Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Those were the bands our older brothers listened to. Our true love was always the three-minute pop song.

When I was playing with the Cardinals, and Jerry Grote always had a way of aggravating people, so you go and get him, and I got him one time ? with my speed, I didn't get many people. I thought I was going to get him again, and you close your eyes just before you have that impact, and he was missing, I rolled halfway to the dugout. I hit nobody.