I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

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

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

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

But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the Black Panther Party's Southern California Chapter.

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.