But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.

You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.