If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Christianity Copy Share Image
I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Asia Copy Share Image
You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Cancer Copy Share Image
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Boston Copy Share Image
Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Activism Copy Share Image
I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Baseball Copy Share Image
I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he… — 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 America Copy Share Image
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with… — 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 Basketball Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — 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
I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar August 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 Basketball Copy Share Image
I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athlete Copy Share Image
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal… — 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
I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
“If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it’s going to adversely affect the things over… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Control Copy Share Image
Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and knowledgeable basketball mind. But you are way… — Kareem Abdul-jabbar Football Copy Share Image
“I looked down the line of the wonderfully successful people on either side of me and wondered if each of them had… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Success Copy Share Image
I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Care Copy Share Image
“Despite Coach's admonishment, some of us on the team smoked marijuana. I had been exposed to it back in New York and… — 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
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 Architecture 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 African american Copy Share Image
After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Copy Share Image
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
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