High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do.

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

[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.