“I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.”
Success
“Music is really something that makes people whole.”
MusicAll 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“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.”
History“This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.”
History“Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.”
History“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”
Great“My health is fine.”
Health“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
Equality“I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.”
Hope“When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.”
Positive“I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.”
Family“I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.”
Education“My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.”
Dad“Music is really something that makes people whole.”
Music“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”
Sports“I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.”
Hope“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“What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.”
Positive“I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.”
Dreams“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.”
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