The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history. — 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 Copy Share Image
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… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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
Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout. — 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 Copy Share Image
When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.' — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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 fallen out… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“The person who has some awareness of the past knows how to fashion a rudder and which direction land is.” — 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 paid throughout… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
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