Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.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 didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.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 have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.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

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.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 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 was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.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

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

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

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Music is really something that makes people whole.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My health is fine.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.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

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

What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a famous American basketball player, who was born on April 16, 1947. As a person born on this date, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is listed in our database as the 7th most popular celebrity for the day (April 16) and the 8th most popular for the year (1947).

People born on April 16 fall under the Zodiac sign of Aries, the Ram. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the 117th most popular Aries.

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