“ My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. ”

“ I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. ”

“ Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them. ”

“ I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. ”

“ Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. ”

“ When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. ”

“ You can't win unless you learn how to lose. ”

“ I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success. ”

“ I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. ”

“ This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. ”