For the first TIME in my life, I put my body and reputation on the LINE to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've ENCOURAGED other PEOPLE to do the same.

When I came into OFFICE, I COULD have kicked the can down the ROAD for a little while, or I could do the right THING.

Nothing GUARANTEES a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the RIGHT THING every DAY.

So many athletes are afraid to USE their platform to do the right thing and SPEAK what they feel, and that's very DEPRESSING. Sure, they are afraid of insulting people and losing money because of it, and everyone wants to make the maximum amount of money in their lifetime. But at the expense of who you are? I don't KNOW. That just wasn't in my DNA.

I don't FEEL any pressure at all to GO along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the RIGHT THING for U.S. MARKETS and U.S. investors.

You can stay TRUE to yourself and your friends, you can do the right THING, you can do with your life whatever you WANT to. I think that's a LOVELY MESSAGE.

The PROTEST that we go to or the time that we STAND up for someone or do the RIGHT thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows WHOSE lives we can CHANGE by doing those things.

History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the PASSION of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right THING.

I love being AMERICAN, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so BLESSED, and I feel like God GAVE me EXACTLY what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God's eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

It has been my honor to support and work with President Barack OBAMA, a man who has BROUGHT COURAGE and character to the presidency. President Obama's strength of character LEADS him to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.