The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.

I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion for baseball.

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.