I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.
Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout.
I wanted to play baseball!
The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.
