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.

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.

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

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

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 wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.