When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the...

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the...

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand...

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand...

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue...

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make...

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make...

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and...

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and...

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of...

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of...

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing...

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could...

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could...

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally...

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally...

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

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