I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the status quo and an unexpected courageousness in the masses of youth. Nothing on this scale had ever happened before in U.S. history and it hasn't happened since.