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.

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.

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

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

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 don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

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