Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

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.

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.

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, the

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.

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

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

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

Islam is about finding your own space.

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.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

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