If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

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

The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.

I'm not going to disappear.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

I wanted to play baseball!

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.