And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

Yes you have returnedAnd things are as they wereBut this you cannot hide, A part of you has died.

With courage, you can confidently chase your dreams.

Our job is to make others feel better and to find happiness. It will ultimately make you happy and abundant.

Pride is the chalice into which all human sins are poured: it glitters and jingles and its arabesque lures your gaze, while your lips involuntarily touch the seductive beverage.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?

If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.

That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us.

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but its a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.