We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

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.

After darkness comes the light.

The mind contains all possibilities.

This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand.

If you get excited about something, it's totally okay to show it.

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

I’m a nerdy, geeky fan of Labyrinth and Dark Crystal.

Chris Christie's rise in politics in New Jersey, in many ways, was built on his takedown of Charles Kushner. He got national headlines for that prosecution.

There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.