There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.

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

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

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