"Practices were tough." — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.

I'm not going to disappear.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

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Practices were tough.