Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#actions #concrete #effects #examples #gangsta

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#athletics #been #cheat #cheating #human

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#come #come and go #court #five #go

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#effective #fundamental #fundamentally #game #parts

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

#boy #feel #go #i #i feel

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#correct #i #islam #live #saw

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. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#birth certificate #cents #certificate #extra #fifty

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#crucial #ingredient #make #man #team

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#game #individual #lot #performances #players

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#because #been #being #black #black americans