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

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Topics: History Quotes

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.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope...

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time...

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go...

Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and...

Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and...

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

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...

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has...

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource...

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make...

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make...

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can...

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can...

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand...

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand...

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 feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters...

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters...

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of...

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of...

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've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard...

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard...

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard,...

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard,...

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates...

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates...