A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Center is a very tough position to play.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar