Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbaris an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Associationfor the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth16 April 1947
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
You play with your soul as well as your body.
Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.
I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.
Yoga is just good for you.
I allowed him far too much space in my own head, ... of these moves worked more than once.
What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
Hes not a raw kind of talent. Hes got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will progress quickly.
Your mind is what makes everything else work.