Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just...

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just...

I wanted to play baseball!

I wanted to play baseball!

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that...

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that...

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could...

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could...

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing...

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing...

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be...

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be...

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who...

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who...

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got...

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got...

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let...

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let...

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go......

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say...

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say...

I'm not going to disappear.

I'm not going to disappear.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college...

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college...

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.