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

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

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

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.