Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.”

“If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.”

“Practices were tough.”

“Well, I'm a professional.”

“You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.”

“Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.”

“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 me as a venerable institution. Things do change.”

“Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.”

“I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.”

“I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.”