Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.
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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

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

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

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

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

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 think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

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

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Islam is about finding your own space.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

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 word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Author Bio

  • NameKareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • DescriptionAmerican basketball player
  • BornApril 16, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBasketball Player; Basketball Coach; Actor
  • AwardsNBA Most Valuable Player Award