What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
Islam is about finding your own space.
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
If there is moral insanity," he said in a conspiratorial whisper, "then there may be the reverse, immoral sanity, if you will, that comes upon one suddenly, like a fever.
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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.
Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional i...