I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
I hate to lose more than I like to win.
I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.