I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAs brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarDuring 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar