“My health is fine.”
Health
“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”
SportsAll Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“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“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.”
History“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”
Teacher“I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.”
Age“Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.”
Attitude“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.”
Nature“If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.”
Success“When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.”
Positive“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“This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.”
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“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“I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.”
Hope“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”
Sports“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.”
Music“I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.”
Hope“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”
Great“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
Equality“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.”
Time