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.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

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

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

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.