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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

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.

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

Music is really something that makes people whole.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar