Music is really something that makes people whole.

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 people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

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

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.