“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
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
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 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
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — 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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