...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.