“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.”
Time
“If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.”
SuccessAll Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.”
Success“My health is fine.”
Health“What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.”
Positive“I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.”
Home“Music is really something that makes people whole.”
Music“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”
Great“When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.”
Positive“This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.”
History“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.”
Movies“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.”
Sports“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.”
History“I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.”
Success“I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.”
Dreams“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”
Teacher“Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.”
History“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.”
Change“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.”
Health“I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.”
Hope“Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.”
Attitude