A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade school and the streets of New York-not to view them as pariahs or lost souls. I've certainly smoked more than my quota of weed.

I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.