I don't do girlfriendy sort of things, like shopping or going to spas. Spas fill me with horror. Frankly, I'd be more interested in doing a walk through the sewers of London!
People are playing games on their TV, young men are, and people are shopping... they are not watching their news channels, but they are using their TVs for other things.
Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball.
I don't like running that much, and during the off-season, I have to do it, but if I can replace it with tennis, it is better.
I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.
The last place you'll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time - I could spend that time doing so many other things.
By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.
You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails.
I was really short in high school. I was stuck on the bench in the baseball team, so I just thought I'd try out theater, and that was the last time I did sports.
Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.
If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me.
In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing.
I was a creative kid; I wasn't really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It's like a religion down there.
I am not sure that it is a bad thing to go to a school, as I did, where the boys threw things at me, and asked if there was nothing else I could do [but draw].
I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.
My mother wouldn't let me play football because she was afraid I would get hurt, so I played flag football.
I don't think football is enough for me.
Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.
There were a lot of gangs in high school. Instead of being in a gang, I decided to dance.
Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.
If you'd rather learn how to ride a horse or something, I would say do that. That'll keep you out of trouble. You would think a band would get you in trouble, but I think it's the opposite.
I don't think I miss anything by not watching television.
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.
If I wasn't playing basketball, I would be in the streets.
