In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins,… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
My high school had been a renovated old hospital, so when I first came to the UCLA campus in the spring of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down… — 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
![“In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr.] were murdered on campus by a rival black nationalist group, the United Slaves Organization. This shook up all the students, black and white, and…” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c7/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_academic_in-january-of-1969-after-a-meeting-to-di_2064630.jpg)
![“I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c85/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_athlete_i-was-especially-impressed-with-pauley-p_2722710.jpg)
![“But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the…” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42e/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_black_but-all-was-not-sunshine-and-marvin-gaye_2845874.jpg)
![“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)
