After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Being strong Copy Share Image
I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Baseball Copy Share Image
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Islam Copy Share Image
The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back! — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Football Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Books Copy Share Image
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar August Copy Share Image
I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athlete Copy Share Image
I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athlete Copy Share Image
In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins,… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Academic Copy Share Image
The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar African american Copy Share Image
“Despite Coach's admonishment, some of us on the team smoked marijuana. I had been exposed to it back in New York and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
My high school had been a renovated old hospital, so when I first came to the UCLA campus in the spring of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Architecture Copy Share Image
But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
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![“But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the…” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/42e/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_black_but-all-was-not-sunshine-and-marvin-gaye_2845874.png)
