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

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.

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.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

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