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Kareem Abdul-jabbar Quotes


I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

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.

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

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

I wanted to play baseball!

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

I'm not going to disappear.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

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

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

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

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.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.