Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

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

"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."

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

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

"I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father."