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

All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.

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.

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.