Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

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

Sports, Win, Learn

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

Dreams, Basketball, Dream

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Islam, Black, Understand

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

History, Game, Young

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

Together, Working, Achieve

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

Time, Winning, May

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

Time, Basketball, Start

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

Children, Job, Young

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

Live, Islam, Try

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Good, Successful, Team

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

Good, Great, Sacrifice

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

End, Expect, Nba

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

Teacher, Negative, Show

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

Nature, Human, Cheating

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Great, Sacrifice, Team

Center is a very tough position to play.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Play, Tough, Position

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

Mistakes, Someone, Learn

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

Work, Game, Weak

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Long, Made, Progress

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

Game, Team, Individual

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

History, Book, Black

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

Music, Moving, Parents

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hard, Difficult, Stop

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

History, Black, Idea

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Nationality: American

Born: April 16, 1947

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