A player from Africa who wins championships? That's powerful.

The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids play basketball here, and you grow a feel for the game. In Africa, the kids start playing basketball at 16 or 17 or 18, and when they get an opportunity to come here, they have been playing for only one or two years.

When my mom travelled, she would bring me basketball tapes.

Giants of Africa holds such a special place in my heart. It's not just another non-profit organization - this is personal. What started as a dream to give back to the country that raised me has since blossomed into an intercontinental mission to uplift youth across the diaspora, and shed light on the greatest part of Africa: its people.

I carry the continent of Africa on my shoulders proudly.

I wasn't a great player, but I got a lot out of the game. I saw the world and made many lifelong friends.

For me, it's always been about Toronto. I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is important.

Nelson Mandela knew that sport has the power to inspire and unite people in a way that little else does.

Basketball without Borders made me who I am and it's just something that is such a huge part of my life.

Scouting is like CIA work and investigative work. You create a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff. Some works and some doesn't. I try to get creative.

I was probably the best cherry picker in the history of African basketball. I got so many dunks, it was crazy.

When you talk about goals, you look at your team last year and you want to move the meter a little bit. You don't want to go back and be the same team that you were last year, so we have tried to get better in some ways.

I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being.

Manute Bol was one of the guys who taught me to be bold. To be fierce. To speak intelligently, and speak like you belong.

I don't know how much of an impact I can have, but you hope you can have some.

Growing up in Africa, I always dreamt big.

You need some luck in life and I have been lucky with God's help.

I always say in my camps in Africa, in everything we do, 'My name is Masai and I'm from Nigeria.' My name is Masai and I'm from Nigeria. It's plain and simple. If you're from La Loche or you are from Toronto you should be proud of it.

Nelson Mandela saw the potential of Africa and dedicated his life to changing the world in which we live while inspiring a movement towards social justice, peace and equal human rights.

You have to be unique in your own ways and the ways that you play to find a way to win. You can't always go with the trend that's going on. Sometimes you have to create the trend yourself and be confident in it.

Just because someone lives in a hut, that doesn't mean that isn't a good person, that that person can't do better, that person isn't capable of being great. And just because it's a hut - whatever that means - doesn't mean it's not a home.

Infrastructure spending does not create immediate jobs, and more than half of those jobs will pull from the pool of the already employed.

Temporary tax cuts don't create permanent confidence, nor permanent jobs.

Wages, investments, and home values are the three legs of the economic stool for most Americans.