I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."

If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.

I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.

I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man.

So much of life, so much of work, is luck.