I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

I wanted to play baseball!

Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.

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

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.