Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.

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

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

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

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

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

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

My health is fine.

I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.

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

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.