I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.

People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.