“I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I ...” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quote

“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.”

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

“Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.”

“A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.”

“I pitched and I played the outfield.”

“High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.”

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

“If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives through millennia; here is truly light from light.”

“In well-functioning markets, price equals opportunity cost. Meaning that the proper way to price out and charge us for things is to charge us what those resources could otherwise have produced. This is a lesson the Soviet Union never learned at all, and the rest is history.”

“I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.”

“History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.”

“The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.”