Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes & Sayings
106 most famous Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 77 year old American athlete born on Apr 16, 1947.
“When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.”
“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”
“I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.”
“A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.”
“A 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 sportsmanship and teamwork.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 the adults had to pay.”
“My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.”
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