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.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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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...

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the...

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the...

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.

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...

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

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...

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...

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally...

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally...

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...

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

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

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue...

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue...

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

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