Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

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• You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

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• I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sacrifice

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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• Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Being Strong

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Guy

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• Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Giving Up

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• What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Success, Sports, Hard Work

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Games

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• I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Dream

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• The saying, "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it" doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it applies to all of us on a daily basis.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Leader, World, Politician

  "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Basketball Legend and Kids' Book Author". Interview with Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. January 16, 2012.

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• I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through. We can see better where we're going, what sudden drop to avoid, where the cool water is running.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Running, Dark, Play

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2007). “On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Isis, Kkk, Islam

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• I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Sports, Mind

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• Your mind is what makes everything else work.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Stuff, Mature, Fixed

  "Kareem: 20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30". www.esquire.com. April 30, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Team, Winning, Player

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• 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

  Basketball, Thinking, Race

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• I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.

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  Father, Athlete, Son

  "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Basketball Legend and Kids' Book Author". Interview with Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. January 16, 2012.

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• In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

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  Book, Rights, Black

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• My biggest resource is my mind.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Mind, Resources

  "NBA legend to make keynote speech at ALA President’s Program". www.ala.org. November 6, 2007.

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• 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.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Education, People

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated

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• I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

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  Motivational, Basketball, Children

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• I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Home

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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