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Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

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History

People

Idea

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

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Successful

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

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Sacrifice

Will

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

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Progress

Race

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

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Americans

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

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Successful

Hope

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

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Jazz

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

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Work

Mind

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

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

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Movies

Mother

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

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Mistakes

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

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Sacrifice