Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

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 had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.