Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotations

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

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

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

The 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 confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

If 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 positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.