I've become accustomed to playing against four defenders throughout my career, but in Italy, I have to play against five.

I bring immediate impact off the court as much as I do on the court.

It's just in your nature when you're an athlete to be competitive in everything.

In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Make sure your host knows that you are not high maintenance, and that you'll fit into any schedule that is planned.

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.

Express yourself, don't hurt yourself.

I just think you need to believe in yourself - be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.

In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.

When I came to Australia in 1987 as an adoptee from India, I could not have had any idea where my life journey would take me.

If your ankle is damaged and you get another heavy tackle on it the pain is always with you.

The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.

Success is really about your mindset.

I like the idea that one thing leads to another. You can tweet something completely innocuous, and then find yourself going off on a tangent that's inspired by a response.

If you want to be pro, you have to hold yourself accountable. It's about what you do when nobody's looking.

There's times when you're by yourself and you want your girl around or your kids around. You just need somebody around. And other times, boxing makes you feel like you want to be by yourself. You get emotional. That's why after some wins, I cry. Even in my losses, I cry. Because I know how hard I work, and I always want to be victorious.

From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.

In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don't have that luxury.

I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.