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.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

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

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.