One man cannot make a team.

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.