I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

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

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.

Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.