Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.

When I was in elementary school we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high they let us play but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports organized sports.

I always turn to the sports pages first which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story whether in print orating writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

Before a group can enter the open society it must first close ranks.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.