I am an Addictive PERSONALITY, they say, a natural slave to passion - and many DOCTORS have WARNED me against it. I am a High-risk PATIENT.

I think if we go back and CHECK our RECORD, the Negro has PROVEN BEYOND a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our RIGHTS as American citizens.

Every fan wants to WIN every year, that's how my dad was. It would be nice to be ABLE to do that every year, but I think Lakers fans know, as long as they see PROGRESS, and STEPS going in the RIGHT direction, they'll be patient.

We can LEARN something from every single MEDICAL interaction. Every case, every PATIENT has a LESSON to teach US.

When my job isn't PERFORMING in a WWE ring, my job is to get back performing in that ring. When I'm hurt, all I have to do all DAY is get strong and get better. I'm a very dedicated physical THERAPY patient, and that helps a LOT.

When you GET to stock racing, you have to be a LITTLE more patient and 'save your STUFF' to be there at the END.

I never feel LIKE I'm in a rush. I'm controlling the pace. If I have the BALL and hit the hole right now and get 3 yards, I feel like I can be patient, work for something, knowing I can still get the 3. It's something that's hard to be coached on. I just feel I've perfected it over TIME.

I've always been INTERESTED in MEDICINE and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that FIELD, I realized that what INTRIGUED me was not the science, not the CHEMISTRY or biology of medicine, but the narrative - the story of each patient, each illness.

In my BUSINESS, if I GET too close to you and you die, it hurts me. And so you develop a natural inclination not to be close to the PATIENT, so that if things don't work out ideally, you can still get up the NEXT day and care for the next patient.