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Me Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end.…
- My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that…
- I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
- 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 to do with…
- Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
- The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw…
- The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my…
- I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle…
- All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because…
- I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.
- I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me…
- I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
- The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!
- Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.
- When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale