Todd Boyd Quotations

Network television is not interested in civil rights; they're interested in making money. If things that will generate money are diverse in any way, so be it, but if not, they'll go in the other direction.

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language because no other word incites more controversy today.

I don't think a media director is sitting around saying, 'Hey, there's this black woman in Philadelphia and she disappeared and we don't care,'

I don't think it's the same thing. Hip-hop has redefined the word. It can mean a number of things. It can be a term of admiration. It can be a term of recognition.

The people we've played so far this year have been very, very tough teams. We had some aspirations of what we could do this year as far as making the playoffs, and now we're going into our league. It's just been critical breakdowns at crucial times that have hurt us and we've had a little bit of bad luck on a couple of occasions.

He's a Chicago guy, explosive to the basket. He has a certain style the way he does things. At this point, though, it's not about being the best basketball player. As great a player as Tim Duncan is, he's not going to sell any shoes. He doesn't have that persona. It's about standing above the crowd. Just being a good guy and clean-cut guy is not going to do it.

He's a good athlete with game-changing ability. Sometimes we use him as a decoy. He also plays both ways all the time and has one interception for a 100-yard touchdown (in a 48-20 victory over Briggs on Sept. 2).

He's a good athlete with game-changing ability, ... Sometimes we use him as a decoy. He also plays both ways all the time and has one interception for a 100-yard touchdown (in a 48-20 victory over Briggs on Sept. 2).

I think the O.J. Simpson case is the ultimate reality TV show. I think it really changed the way we think and talk about race and celebrity; the way trials work now. Whenever there's a big case now, you can guarantee that it's going to be on television somewhere because of O.J.

particular culture and, until that culture is changed, you're not going to see any drastic changes in overall representation.

We've got some guys who can throw. They just haven't been put in big situations.

What's funny is a lot of conversation these days is about Hollywood and the effects of popular culture, but I never hear anyone mention that there are images from Iraq on television every day, ... I mean, it is violent. And yet it is almost like it is not on television. People are just real selective about what they choose to point fingers at.

Converse hasn't really had a name since Dr. J.,

A lot of it is luck. You need to play the right role at the right time.

It's anybody's tournament to win. Tournament play is so different from regular-season play. There are so many dynamics at work: consistency, fatigue, pitching. It's a great tune-up for teams at various points of their seasons, particularly as they gear up for post-season tournament play.

It rained on us all the way over there. We just got a few hits here and there. They put in a new pitcher, and we hit the ball well.

Any time you get good pitching and hit a little bit, it'll win the game for you.

In general, there is an assumption that crime is such a part of black and Latino culture, that these things happen all the time. In many people's minds it's regarded as being commonplace and not that big a deal.

In order to really move a shoe, you need to get to the finals on a regular basis, or you need to be a pop culture icon, like Allen Iverson.

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black at this pivotal time in history.

You can't give these guys extra outs. They'll make you pay for it.

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement.

The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to do with embracing a hard-nosed truth about the world and letting the chips fall where they may.

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could just drop an album and channel all my ideas, anger, humor and energy into some music and be done with it.