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

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.

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.

But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the Black Panther Party's Southern California Chapter.