Kareem Abdul-Jabbar famous quotes

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

#Basketball #Sports #Winning

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Teamwork #Sports #Athlete

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

#Basketball #Education #People

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

#Life #Motivational #Success

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

#Motivational #Basketball #Guy

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Coaching #Ladders

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

#Motivational #Basketball #Children

One man cannot make a team.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Sports #Motivational Sports #Team

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

#Team #Player #Thinking

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

#Basketball #Jobs #Children

Your mind is what makes everything else work.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Mind

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

#Inspirational #Basketball #Teacher

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Nba #People

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.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Education #Hard Work #Thinking

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Thinking #Lakers

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Motivational #Basketball #Sacrifice

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Motivational #Basketball #Dream

Yoga is just good for you.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Yoga

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Jobs #Effort

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

#Basketball #Motivational Sports #Emotional

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

#Basketball #Sports #Mind

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Motivational #Basketball #Home

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Dream #School #Opportunity

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Player #Thinking

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Motivational #Basketball #Games

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Islam #Trying

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

#Book #Rights #Black

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

#Basketball #Athlete #Equality

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Basketball #Player #Years

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

#Abuse #Saws #Made

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

#Doctors #Blood #Might

I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Helping #Save A Life #Share

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Controversy #Fray