The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could in an instant.

I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.

UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on Ice) as speakers.

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.

All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

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

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.