227 Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it’s difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.

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.

Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through. We can see better where we’re going, what sudden drop to avoid, where the cool water is running.

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

I feel like I’ve always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

I’m not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.

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

The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it’s still the same game.

OK, I’ll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.