227 Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.

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.

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.

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.

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

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.