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.

Part of the reason I went to college was that I wanted to fade out peacefully: show everybody I had gone through something that was quite challenging and difficult but did so with grace and poise and got an education.

I'm starting a virtual school for the world, teaching things the way I wanted to be taught.

Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.

My own foundation concentrates on women's economic empowerment on the basis that if women have their own money and are able to support themselves, they can make choices about what happens to them in their lives, about whether they have education, whether they get married, and what happens to their children.