I'm the baddest among the bad guys.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.