People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

Music is really something that makes people whole.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.