227 Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today’s basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

The foolish will tread where the wise will not,” Holmes replied. “If we waited for the wisdom of this venture, Douglas and I would still be in London.” “To fools, then!” Little Huan exclaimed. “To fools!” the others declared.

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It’s not easy for me to curl up.

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There’s so much more to the story.

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’ve always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

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.

He had breath in him once,” he declared. “He is to be treated with respect, no matter the cost.” “Now is not the time for empty ritual,” Holmes thundered. “Now is precisely the time!” Douglas thundered back. “When we ourselves are empty, it is the ritual that turns us human again.

You’re never really cancer-free and I should have known that.