Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back. ✨ Chat Transcript: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. www.nba.com.371Reading
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade scho… ▶371Sadness
Kareem Abdul-JabbarIf not shown appreciation, it gets to you. ✨ If Not Shown Appreciation, It Gets to You by Monique Honaman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 9, 2013.361Reading
Kareem Abdul-JabbarPeople still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.362Humanity
Kareem Abdul-JabbarJustice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.373PoliticsTruth
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.362Humanity
Kareem Abdul-JabbarMy choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. ✨ TalkAsia with Stan Grant, edition.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.374Politics
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.374HumanityLifeLove
Kareem Abdul-JabbarOK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.343Death
Kareem Abdul-JabbarIn a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.376Reading
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.365Humanity
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.343Hope
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.322LifeTime
Kareem Abdul-JabbarWe want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.322Truth
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI'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, Mignon McCar… ▶355HumanityTime
Kareem Abdul-JabbarBasketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and p… ▶323Thought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarYou can't win if you don't play as a unit.367Politics
Kareem Abdul-JabbarYoga is just good for you.356Politics
Kareem Abdul-JabbarA lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sports… ▶367Thought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarJackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.324Humor
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.379Thought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.346Reflection
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. ✨ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1984). Giant Steps, Bantam346Reading
Kareem Abdul-JabbarIf they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are posit… ▶313Thought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys. ✨ Chat Transcript: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. www.nba.com.369Humanity
Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely conf… ▶3710Time
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAll the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player i… ▶3710Life
Kareem Abdul-JabbarHe 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.3710Thought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarIn 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.358HumanityThought
Kareem Abdul-JabbarA lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.325Thought
