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

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

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

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 compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.

I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.