Latest Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes from Interviews

• Sports is good for health and for children, it gives them manhood, courage, teaches them team work and coordination. Sports is something that is so crucial, it makes everything.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Sports, Children, Team

  Source: www.theislamicmonthly.com

• When I was playing, I didn't realize how much of an impact I would make on people, Muslim or non-Muslim. We played a lot of games during Ramadan. On national TV, the announcers were commenting about Ramadan, and this raised the awareness to the general public and we made all the Muslims very, very proud.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  People, Proud, Realizing

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 23, 2014.

• I was doing just my duty, but that was impacting a lot of people and making them proud. So, I feel so grateful to Allah for giving me that opportunity while I had that chance to make that impact. And thankfully it impacted all the people - more than I realized.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Grateful, Opportunity, People

• Sports plays an interesting role in society. The greatest sportsmen have platforms to speak out on issues and really affect how the public thinks about some very critical issues facing the world.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Sports, Thinking, Interesting

  Source: www.theislamicmonthly.com

• Well, the problem is the freedom that the sport gives you without getting to politics. Unfortunately, you cannot now separate it because people cannot be truthful; they have to be politically correct. There's no more sincerity. What we had before was freedom of speech and freedom of expression without judgement. That's why I don't get into politics.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Sports, People, Giving

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 23, 2014.