Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.