I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam.

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

Sports is good for health and for children, it gives them manhood, courage, teaches them team work and coordination. Sports is something that is so crucial, it makes everything.

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.