Our country comes from a centuries-long culture of dehumanizing black and brown bodies. So what role does racism play? A huge role. You can't downplay how deeply woven and embedded this is in our country.

Something that is unique to coaching young people is there is such a range of talent, skill development and personality. And it's important to coach age-appropriately. You want to instill the fundamentals, always. But the right fundamentals.

I've been learning about defunding our investment in police force mentality, and reinvesting in, what do young people need? What do people who get involved in drugs need, what do families need outside of money to take care of their families?

I think a winner has to be a master of preparation, they have to be a master of connection, extremely competitive and have really high standards for themselves and the people around them.

One thing my fans don't know about me is how much I love guacamole! But it has to be a little chunky and just a little bit spicy.

That's kind of what my mindset has always been, just focus on every day, and making the most of each day.

I loved watching Cynthia Cooper growing up when she played for the Houston Comets.

I listen to music on the bus or in the car on the way to a game.

I'm very hard on myself. I'm the first person that'll say, 'Yeah I messed up.' And then I'll try to go out and fix it.

I think our criminal justice system has two problems. We have systematic problems and we have people problems. So if the hearts of people are not about justice than any system you have won't work.

I'm pretty chill when I'm not on the court.

When you look at starting pitchers, once they make it through year four, then - knock on wood - you see a lot of injury risk go down.

There's more to pitching than just striking guys out, but also it is a big reason why you can have success.

All of the off-field stuff, I can promise you, it doesn't even register with me.

You worry about how you're throwing the ball, how you're executing your pitches.

You want to create the fans that are following the team year in, year out.

If you're constantly just trying to go in this win-loss cycle that MLB is pushing, you are creating bandwagon fans, and that's not the type of fans you want to create.

When there's too many teams that are not trying to win, that poisons the game, poisons the fan experience, and it creates bandwagon fans.

Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?

I'm trying to make sure that I get to my 0-2, 1-2 counts. That's really how I would rather phrase it: I'm trying to make sure that I can drive the count into my favor.

There's so much information now, and that even goes down to the college game. You have so much video, you can watch every YouTube video of guys and mechanics, and so I just feel like the younger generation's more educated than ever before.

I never want the ball above my shoulders until I'm really firing. I feel like I can generate more velocity with my arm path. The way my arm works, there's so many benefits to it - from a health standpoint, as well.

When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.

I've seen so many of my friends get cut and released and all taken advantage of because at the end of the day, we say it's the business part of the game.