I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity. I think it's more nuanced than that simply because I think black is a color and then people layer on top of it all kinds of socio-cultural elements.

There are some people the gestation period is like an elephant's and it's just years and years before they're ready.

You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.

You can't be a part-time man of principle.

In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit more than that when it is Barkley or Karl Malone or Shaq or whoever else. You need a lot more than that frankly if you're the English kid who can't jump.

I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.

I thought kissing was good with girls, but I always thought you know it probably could be better, so there was nothing really.