My biggest resource is my mind.

My biggest resource is my mind.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One man cannot make a team.

One man cannot make a team.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Islam is about finding your own space.

Islam is about finding your own space.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

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

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

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

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

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

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