Quotes by "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
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.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
