My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

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

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.