One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger us. This notion has become controversial, but frankly, the need could not be clearer.

I've probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in New York City with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years.

You know Donald Trump will secure our borders.

I always wanted to be one of the best, make a mark on the history of the game. For me, for my country, for my family.

It's not just about doing things in Utah or in France. It's about doing things everywhere and having an impact everywhere. There are a lot of charities that do a remarkable job that just don't have much light and much support.

You cannot be mad at somebody for wanting to play for another team.

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

I'm just working every day and keep watching film and keep building chemistry with my teammates.

I'm learning not to try to block everything.

I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're going to score and stuff like that.

All the coaches preach about defense. Every day they talk about defense, they talk about how important it is to get stops in order to win basketball games.

I'm motivated every night.

It's good to be held accountable.

It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.

I have a lot of pride.

I might win a championship. I might win two or three. I might not. The journey to get there is, for me, the most important.

I'm going to make my own story for sure.

I'm always going to be about winning.

Everything I do, I do it to win.

Bill Russell is one of the greatest players of all time.

I think playoff experience matters for sure.

I don't want to be the guy that gets inspired by one player. I like to watch every player.

I like 'Stifle Tower,' I like 'Gobzilla.' There's a lot of nicknames that are pretty cool.

I'm very proud of where I'm from.

The more you see, the more you know, the more you feel like you can help others and the more you feel like you can help the team win.

I play every year to try to win.

Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

Sometimes, I see the guys driving and they don't even look at the rim, they just dribble out so it's as good as a block or even better because I'm kind of laughing when I see that. That's what it's about.

I don't like to fall short. It's tough. Just make the right play when I'm open, and I'll thrust to the rim and be aggressive.

When I started to do it with precision, I realized how much setting good screens made us better as a team offensively. It made things easy for me and my teammates.

I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better.

I want to be an All-Star. That's my goal. And win a title.

I just try to make the right play, stay aggressive and defensively just do what I do. I make sure I talk to everyone and control the paint.

It's great to communicate as a team.

It's a team game.

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that.

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very - unless you're a specialist.

To be honest, I love being in Utah so I think most people have the wrong idea about the city, about the place.

Defense doesn't matter enough.

When someone throws an alley-oop and you finish, everyone's happy, the one who makes the pass and the one with the dunks. It's a great play.

My passion for gaming is well-known among both the Utah Jazz and my team in France.

I have so many great memories of Christmas because we're always spending it with the family.

It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my teammates every night.

My mom probably has a record player. I might need to get one.

My goal is to protect the basket. Most of the time, I won't block the shot but I'm going to affect the shot or I'm going to affect the way they think.

I did some bad stuff. I don't remember what in particular, but I did some bad stuff. So the morning of Christmas, I wake up and my brother is there, my sister, my mom, everyone's got gifts and I can't find my gifts. No gifts. They acted like Santa didn't' bring me anything because I wasn't good.

I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can be.