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… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athletics Copy Share Image
I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar America Copy Share Image
I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Baseball Copy Share Image
Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Activism Copy Share Image
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Books Copy Share Image
When I traveled through Greece in the '90s, everything [Albert Hoxie] taught me came flooding back and I was able to appreciate… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar American history Copy Share Image
The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athlete Copy Share Image
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
We all had a lot of fun making the film ["Airplane" ], but there weren't a lot of outtakes or cracking up… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar College Copy Share Image
“The person unaware of history is like a rudderless boat just floating out in the middle of the ocean, hostages to the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar History Copy Share Image
I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Arizona Copy Share Image
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Brilliant Copy Share Image
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Football Copy Share Image
The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sacrifice Copy Share Image
I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Age Copy Share Image
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Cancer Copy Share Image
I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar American west Copy Share Image
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