There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.

Ken Heitz got drafted by the Bucks the same year I did. He went to their camp just for the experience, then dropped out to attend Harvard Law School. I always admired his combination of athleticism and brains.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

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

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