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.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.