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 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
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
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
[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at. — 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
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
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
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game. — 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
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me… — 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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