I Was A Baseball Fan Myself, I

I've Had Enough Success For Two Lifetimes, My Success Is Talent Put Together With Hard Work And Luck.

I Didn't Really Seek Attention. I Just Wanted To Play The Game Well And Go Home.

The Sixties Was A Perfect Storm Of Disaffection With Political Leaders Trying To Pass Off The Same Old Platitudes To Maintain The Status Quo And An Unexpected Courageousness In The Masses Of Youth. Nothing On This Scale Had Ever Happened Before In U.s. History And It Hasn't Happened Since.

When I Was 17, I Worked In A Mentoring Program In Harlem Designed To Improve The Community. That's When I First Gained An Appreciation Of The Harlem Renaissance, A Time When African-americans Rose To Prominence In American Culture. For The First Time, They Were Taken Seriously As Artists, Musicians, Writers, Athletes, And As Political Thinkers.

I Tell Kids To Pursue Their Basketball Dreams, But I Tell Them To Not Let That Be Their Only Dream.