Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbaris an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Associationfor the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth16 April 1947
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
Practices were tough.
The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.