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

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to...

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to...

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...

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

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...

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I'm not going to disappear.

I'm not going to disappear.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not...

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not...

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...

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and...

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and...

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to...

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 someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's...

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's...

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......

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...

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.