African-American History

Kareem Abdul Jabbar Quotes

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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.
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.
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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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African-American History Guide