When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
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