I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSome stuff can be fixed, some stuff canโt be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarKobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI'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.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarPride was his life force; for us it was a live nerve that he could teach us to brush. One stroke, a good practice, and we could tingle for days ... First, he found the pride in each of us, then he taught us how good it could feel. What he was ultimately after was for every one of us to learn to light our own fires and glow our brightest.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar