[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarEither because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarWhen I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar