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.

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

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

You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.