When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that I would compete so hard.
The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.
It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.
I always say that I know I'll be done playing basketball when I stop fighting on the floor. If you don't play with that edge or that competitive spirit, you're just another player out there. I can only speak for myself, but when I don't play with that fight then I'm just ordinary.
Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person's doing good, that's motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime, it's motivation. Use that fuel to push you forward. That's what I did.
It's the NFL, so anytime you get to go out and get to play against another team, there's going to be some physicality.
You use the vertical edge as the point of reference, instead of the horizontal edge. I have a picture of a beggar, where there's an arm coming into the frame from the side. And the arm is parallel to the horizontal edge and it makes it work. It's all games, you know. But it keeps it interesting to do, to play.
Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.
The fans are great. They give me that extra edge.
I'm not big on rookie hazing. I didn't wanna be hazed as a rookie, so I definitely didn't want to do it to others.
When I was a rookie, I had to shag balls out of the stands. It was my rookie duty.
New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.
Not all rookie lessons are learned on the hardwood. There are factors like rookie duties and building team camaraderie.
You don't play extra guys just to play them. You play 'em because they can help you in some way.
Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.
The first time I walked onto the set of Neverland, it was like walking into another world. They built the sets extra strong, so we were allowed to play on them when we weren't filming. It was cool!