I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

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