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 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
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
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. — 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems. — 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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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 had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came… — 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
There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players. — 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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