Either because I was an athlete or because I was black – probably both – there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn’t be up to the work.
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
OK, I’ll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
I don’t know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.
I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.
I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn’t have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.
I’m not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it’s something we had to prepare for.
I’ve had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
The word ‘leukemia’ is a very frightening word. In many instances, it’s a killer and it’s something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you’re going to beat it.
He doesn’t necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today’s basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
Elgin’s game was an incredible performance, also. I don’t think there’s any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe’s range is unreal, and he does it his way.
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I’ve been shooting it ever since.