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
Yoga is just good for you.
Hes not a raw kind of talent. Hes got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will progress quickly.
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
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.
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.
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.
When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.