I've never DISGUISED the FACT that I wasn't happy in TEACHING. But the REASON was that I wanted to do COMEDY. I would have been a very unhappy security guard or a very unhappy greengrocer.

Without the GUARD and Reserve, our ACTIVE DUTY troops COULD hardly deploy.

American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and WEAPONS fire from the OUTSIDE. Guantanamo is distant from any BATTLEFIELD, MAKING it FAR more secure.

I REALLY loved traveling the U.S. and seeing regional DIFFERENCES within the same country and how the same ingredients are used in very DIFFERENT ways. I LOVE how the 'old guard' of cuisine are still pioneering so much of the direction of food TODAY.

For me, as a point guard, you have to construct everything. If you MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, you are going to be happy.

For me to be here tonight, everything had to be PERFECT. I had to GET drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like JOHN Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.

As an angsty teenager and college STUDENT, I USED to mock people who lived in gated communities, who were so afraid of the unfamiliar world they had to erect a physical BOUNDARY to keep it at bay. But now I wonder, aren't the boundaries we DRAW with Facebook just as secure as a man-made moat or an underpaid SECURITY guard manning a booth?

I'm not going to be the guy that SAYS, 'I'm the new point guard, look at me, look at me, PUT me on billboards and sell my JERSEY.' I'm not going to be him. I'm going to do my JOB.

I just don't have that natural instinct to be ABLE to let my guard down and start SPEAKING to people. I never have - I've ALWAYS been a bit socially AWKWARD, even with people I've known for a long time.

We don't appreciate luck in LIFE when things are GOING well. No MATTER how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.