Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams unless they are executed.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's all about a team game.

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

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

My biggest resource is my mind.

Islam is about finding your own space.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

When we went up against better teams, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

I didn't seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

One man cannot make a team.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

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

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.

I have always thought that writers come with a variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.