I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

The fans care about somebody who cares about them. It's not all about somebody who can put the ball in the cup. I think that's my calling.

So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.

Some people think racism has dissipated or no longer exists. But it's hidden in more strategic places.

At 17, I went to Stanford University to study engineering. My time was occupied with the required reading and the extracurricular duties of managing the baseball and football teams and earning my way.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.