The saying, "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it" doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it applies to all o….

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems..

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing..

Your mind is what makes everything else work..

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

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….

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

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity.

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

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

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

My biggest resource is my mind..

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

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….

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

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….

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'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..

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