“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“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.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“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.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“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“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar“This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar