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 just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

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

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

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.