I can't say there was one thing in particular that helped prepare me for life beyond basketball except for the exposure to college and that laboratory, that allows us to learn who and what we are, and to be able to utilize that knowledge in real life.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who persevered, who in many ways overcame, who recognized the importance of giving back, particularly to our youth, and as someone who tried to reach back and to catapult the next generation beyond him.

There were times my immaturity kept me from being all I wanted to be.

Sometimes if you talk trash, you end up taking out the garbage.

My mother and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to study and books to read.

I can't say there was one thing in particular that helped prepare me for life beyond basketball except for the exposure to college and that laboratory, that allows us to learn who and what we are, and to be able to utilize that knowledge in real life.

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.