All of the sudden, my right leg caved in. I crumpled to the floor in pain. The doctor weren't sure I'd ever be able to play again...and even if I did recover physically, the psychological scars of so traumatic an injury might never heal.

Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.

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

It seemed like whatever I touched, I was breaking record after record. I just knew I was on. I completely destroyed all existing shooting records there - an omen of things to come.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around on your rear end. This comes from hard, hard work.