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

I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.

I grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing I could get, so I wanted to be a Jedi and I don't want to be a Sith, so that is what keeps me on the straight and narrow.

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

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.

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

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.