Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

No one could have prepared for me BBQ on pizza. I mean, both are great. But together? It was incredible.

I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.

I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

Most importantly, you have to stay true to yourself as well as those fans who made you who you are as an athlete.