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

The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.

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

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.

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 don't think there are many kids who sit around and want to be actors. I don't think there are many kids who want to sit around and want to be senators. But so many of us want to be athletes, so we're envious of them and we put them up on that pedestal.

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