"Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was young and always had the passion for it. He never made it at the international level, but he wanted to give back to the sport. The majority of the elite players train at Orange County Badminton Club."

"If it's not televised, there's no way Americans will know about competitive badminton. All they know is the back-yard thing."

"One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one."

"Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change."

"A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much."

"Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away."

"To do a great right do a little wrong."

"The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity."