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I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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 wrong.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pride goeth before destruction," he quoted, "and a haughty spirit before a fall.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Yoga is just good for you.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Well, I'm a professional.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Islam is about finding your own space.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I wanted to play baseball!
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism,
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can't be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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 evolution.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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 and dunked on him.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I try to do the right thing at the ...
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My health is fine.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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
One man cannot make a team.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
— Magic Johnson
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
— Bill Walton
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think I really benefited from going to college.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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
I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Center is a very tough position to play.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm not going to disappear.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
