I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
I wanted to play baseball!
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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.
Yoga is just good for you.
After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
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.
If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'
I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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.
As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
