The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

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

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.