Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody..

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam..

I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. Tha….

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

What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals..

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind..

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game..

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

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way..

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

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

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court..

Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through. We can see better where we….

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing..

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..

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

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak..

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as jus….

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream..

My biggest resource is my mind..