Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”

“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 am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.”

“If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.”

“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”

“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.”

“I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.”