When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

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

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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

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.

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.