But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

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

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

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.