I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarWhen we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarIt's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
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