The game was closer than the score indicated.
(after a 1-0 game)

The game was closer than the score indicated.
(after a 1-0 game)

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
(on the read more

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
(on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota, 1996.)

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity.
(after a game his team lost to the New York Nets)

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity.
(after a game his team lost to the New York Nets)

I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right read more

I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children read more

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, read more

The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, "There's a star." The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, "Superstar." I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.