I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.

When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

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 think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.