Basketball is in my blood, … It is my obligation to try.

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam.

I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.

When I look at the system here and look at my position – not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and...

All I know is I’m saying this, and somebody’s going to read it and say I’m a male chauvinist. That’s not the case. It is just different with men and boys with women. It’s like...

When you get to that level, it’s not a matter of talent anymore – because all the players are so talented – it’s about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over,

When I watch NBA games now on TV, what I see the most are opportunities for the big men that they are not taking advantage of. That’s what I told Tim Duncan when I saw...

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players,

All these boundaries – Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America – are set by men. But you don’t have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man – at the character of a man....

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home,...

I don’t think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

I’ve now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.