The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

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.

I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

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

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.