I wanted to play baseball!

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

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

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