During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

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.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.