In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

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

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

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

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

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Make your own luck, and then share it with others.

Take a step that has a purpose of leading you to where you have planned to go. When the destination is right and the direction is wrong, it is impossible to get there. Make a step.

I love being at home and cooking and baking.

The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.

Never limit yourself, never be satisfied, and smile-it's free!

I feel that if your soul was branded by the sixties, you never lost the brand. It's like going into a nightclub and having your hand stamped so that you don't have to come back but you can come back.

Men are boys in bigger packages.

I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements.

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.