I'm trying to spend less time with the phone when the kids are awake in general. I need to get better about that. It's a perennial New Year's resolution.

My first race was '99/2000. At that time, I was at 'Salon,' and I was basically their campaign reporter, so I would just jump around from race to race, candidate to candidate.

My back isn't great.

I do breakfast first, which is a small bowl of oatmeal and some sort of protein, like hard-boiled eggs. And then I work out - 40 minutes of cardio and maybe some strength training.

I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.

Facts matter a great deal to me.

Politicians don't like tough coverage, and their protectors try to destroy the messengers.

In 2009, 2010, the Obama people were the ones mad at me.

You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

My kids are good artists, and they do a pretty good version of Dad in their caricatures.

I tried to do a comic strip. I came close, and I met with Universal Press Syndicate in Kansas City, but ultimately, they did not go with my strip.

I think it's important to have as diverse of a feed as possible.

There are basic lines of human decency, norms to which society generally agrees and to which we adhere, and we continue to see the Trump presidency eroding these lines.

As soon as I wake up, I read my email to see what news developed overnight.

I definitely pack coffee if I'm going someplace where it might not be available. When I went to Afghanistan in 2011, I brought a bunch of instant coffee. I didn't need to do that, of course, because army people drink industrial-strength coffee and have it going 24/7.

I'm an everyday guy - I'm a try-to-write-at-least-15-minutes-every-day-if-not-an-hour-or-two kind of guy. I write in Google docs so that wherever you go, you have access to it.

I've been really vocal about my disappointment about how the WNBA athletes get treated like second-class citizens in relations to the NBA when they're a subsidiary.

It's my job, it's my role, it's my mission, it's my dream to have everyone who has Michigan ties - whether you went to college in Michigan, whether you grew up in Michigan, if you've ever heard of the state of Michigan - to do what you can to influence the students of the Detroit metropolitan area.

No electricity, no hot water, no heat - at times, we struggled. We'd wake up in the morning and wash with water we heated on a hot plate. And we'd go to bed at night wearing skull caps, sweat shirts, and gloves.

I want my media to be raw and uncut, and I want to articulate it in a spectacular, vernacular Detroit style.

The quality of your public education shouldn't be defined by your zip code.

I don't want people to feel like I'm upset or bitter with C-Webb or the University of Michigan. I love them both.

The star power is who is playing at an All-Star level, a top 12 level, and that's Jimmy Butler. He's become one of the best players in the league, a terrific two-way player.

Dr. Dre is the most influential artist and producer in hip-hop history.

The greatest set shooter ever? Larry Joe Bird. Period. The best coming off screen? Reginald Miller. And the best off the dribble? Steph Curry.

All my friends and family have seen Patrick Ewing's TV at my house.

I grew up in one of those households where, growing up in Detroit, you gravitate towards music and cars because we were the capital for a long time. Especially during my childhood. We were the Motown sound. We were the Motor City.

For Donald Trump, during his candidacy, he became a polarizing candidate, which included, along the way, insulting a lot of people.

There are times families don't see eye to eye.

What I really like is that Chicago is a big city: it has a large market, and you are exposed to everything, like shows and plays.

Nobody talks about it. But everyone knows that if you signed at Michigan or UNLV, you were viewed one way. If you signed at Duke or Indiana, you were viewed another way.

I play for a living, but I also love to play. That's a healthy balance of emotion that, as a player, you have to keep balanced.

When you're educated, it allows you to be more worldly. It's more than just what happens in a classroom.

Stan Van Gundy is a top-five coach.

Blake Griffin has shown he can be an All-NBA performer.

I can't wait to play in front of the many Knicks fans, friends, and family in the NYC area and very much look forward to being a part of the Knicks organization.

If I'm the Cavs, I seriously do this: I do a wink-wink deal with LeBron James, give him part ownership of the team. I put a statue in front of the building, and I retire his number. I do all of that.

I just really felt I had to help the community I came from. I know how hard it is to make it out of here.

I'll tell you what: the most hostile and angry trash talker ever is Gary Payton.

Jalen is a universal name, and girls also are named Jalen.

The idea of playing the point and leading a team to the NBA championship is what drove me to get up every day and work on my game as a kid.

Here's the thing: My hobby is to DJ. I just love music, so I can hear the beginning of a beat, the beginning of a melody, and think of the words, think of the name of the song, think of the hook, and just go there.

As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.

I've always worked hard at being a well-rounded player.

I was a member of the Fab Five at the University of Michigan, but I was also on the Dean's List there. I took pride in my education.

When the things in front of you in life reveal how messed up the system is, you lose faith in the system pretty quickly. You develop a contrarian attitude. Your instinct is to disagree with the status quo and then, if you can, to try and shake it up.

Players talk about wanting to win and wanting to be a champion, but ultimately, they want to do it on their own terms.

I felt I could have been the kind of player Denver needed, but there were too many things going on with the team.

I always prided myself on trying to break the stigma of the 'dumb jock.'

Pretty sure I always say things that upset people, get under people's skin.