Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

Do your best when no one is looking.

It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.

But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality. No matter what you going through don't give up.

School programs the schooled to type a CV. Life inspires the unschooled to type a business plan.

Weak or strong - she didn’t know what they meant anymore. Maybe they didn’t mean the same thing for everyone.

With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.

I like to say understanding is the power.

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

Wherefore me behoveth needs to grant that all-thing that is done, it is well-done: for our Lord God doeth all.

The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt it ought to be treated with respect.

Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.