Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
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 have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona and I hope that more opportunities become available.
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history which has been either suppressed or distorted.
In a typical history book black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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.
The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do – get my blood checked regularly take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make – I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
My health is fine.
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.