I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.