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.
Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
I've had enough success for two lifetimes. My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
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.
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.
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

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