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
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore.
Music is really something that makes people whole.
I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.
With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.
I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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.