Later, I Discovered There Was A Lot

Having Grown Up In A Segregated Environment In The South I Know What It's Like To Be Stepped On, I Know What It's Like Also To See Some Black Hero Do Well In The Face Of Adversity.

In America You're Conditioned To Regard Everything As A Contest. You Have To Make The Ten Best Dressed List, Win This, Win That. It Drives Me Nuts Sometimes. Who Cares, For Christ's Sake?

Seven Out Of 10 Black Faces You See On Television Are Athletes. The Black Athlete Carries The Image Of The Black Community. He Carries The Cross, In A Way, Until Blacks Make Inroads In Other Dimensions.

Drummed Into Me, Above All, By My Dad, By The Whole Family, Was That Without Your Good Name, You Would Be Nothing.

If You're Paid Before You Walk On The Court, What's The Point In Playing As If Your Life Depended On It?