When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

One man cannot make a team.