I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

I was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be a psychologist, whereas most people who play their occupation is their definition - and then when they stop doing who they are, they become nothing.

Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to be that smart and if you... as a boy you're not even supposed to like school. All of the sudden you've got kids who are afraid, black kids and Latino kids who are afraid to be great, afraid to bask in the enjoyment of education, lest they be labeled less than black, less than Latino, less they be called the oreo.

We need to get past the point where being black and a male means that I am likely to mug you for your wallet, likely to have a minus 15 on my IQ, likely to not go to college and likely to wear my pants below my arse.

I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.

We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.