I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

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.

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.

What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.

You play with your soul as well as your body.