I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. — 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
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
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
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of… — 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
With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum. — 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… — 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
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
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
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 race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed. — 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
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
![“Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/789/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_american-history_common-decency-demands-that-ncaa-athlete_111773.jpg)
