Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., April 16, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player.
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. Use this quote
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script. Use this quote
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. Use this quote
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. Use this quote
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. Use this quote
Music is really something that makes people whole. Use this quote
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. Use this quote
What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells. Use this quote
You can't win unless you learn how to lose. Use this quote
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to. Use this quote
