I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can't be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers. The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life."

I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

I'm a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.

When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics