#m

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #reporters #retreated #some #totally

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#fan #i #myself #play #play baseball

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #made #medicine #might #much

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#black americans #book #civil #civil rights #context

LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#circumstances #get #james #lebron #makes

Music is really something that makes people whole. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#music #people #really #something #whole

Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#band #body #doing #garage #hear

Political development should start at the grassroots. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#grassroots #political #should #start

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#athlete #author #been #biggest #making

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#both #cancer #dad #died #gene