It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.

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.

The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving.

The true joy and wonder of life can only be yours if you follow your own intuition aiming to achieve your bliss.

An actor is just a part of a movie, but director - he is the movie.

When I told her we were going to roast her she said "Of course . . . they only crucify the innocent."

I know I am--that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Volunteerism is vital in all times; it keeps our communities alive...and will make a difference in the lives of those who will come after us.

At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?

You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

Forgiveness is one of the many horrible side effects of loving someone.