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

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

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.

In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr.] were murdered on campus by a rival black nationalist group, the United Slaves Organization. This shook up all the students, black and white, and made us all realize that what we were doing wasn't just an academic exercise, but had repercussions in the real world.