Kareem Abdul-Jabbaris the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Since retiring, Abdul-Jabbar has been an actor and basketball coach, and has authored six books for adults and three for children, including What Color is My World? , which won the NAACP award for Best Children's Book. In 2012, he was selected as a U. S. Cultural Ambassador. He lives in Southern California.