But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.

I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.