It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.