In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.