The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.
There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.
We don’t have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.
I try to do the right thing at the...
I enjoy seeing new places.
I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball – just spend a lot more time with my family.
Well, I’m a professional.
You’re never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don’t relate to.
What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
A lot of young players don’t really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
You play with your soul as well as your body.
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
There’s a ball. There’s a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That’s success.
Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don’t get.
Islam is about finding your own space.
If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
Today’s youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn’t take that attitude forward with them.
Music is really something that makes people whole.
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn’t matter where.