Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'