But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.