With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

Ken Heitz got drafted by the Bucks the same year I did. He went to their camp just for the experience, then dropped out to attend Harvard Law School. I always admired his combination of athleticism and brains.

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back.

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.

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