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.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?