“The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing w...” — Ato Essandoh Quote

“The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I was good or not; I just knew I was having a ball, and for the first time, I felt I belonged somewhere.”

“When I tell my friends, 'I'm in the 'Bourne' movie,' they're like, 'Congratulations! Wait... is Matt Damon coming back?' I go, 'Yeah.' And they're like, 'Yo! Matt Damon! Matty D!' Everyone pretends they know Matt Damon. It's exciting.”

“It's funny because as much as I've done Dr. Freeman, I guess because I shave right afterwards, people don't recognize me necessarily as Dr. Freeman, whereas a small role like 'Garden State' or 'Get Him to the Greek', which is the funniest one to me, they're like, 'Hey, you're that dude!' and you're like, 'Oh my God!' Which is awesome.”

“Sometimes in a match, when things get tight, you want to feel like you can swing out on the ball and still have control.”

“You have to try to win the ball at all costs and if someone doesn't get it quite right people get injured.”

“When I came in, even on my two-way contract, I knew I wasn't going to have the ball in my hands. I knew I wasn't going to be ball dominant so I was gonna have to figure out all the other ways that I could get on the court, first of all.”