Music is really something that makes people whole.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

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

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.