Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.

You play with your soul as well as your body.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

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

I wanted to play baseball!

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.