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
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Center is a very tough position to play.
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
Yoga is just good for you.
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.