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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

American - Athlete Born: April 16, 1947

You can't win unless you learn how to lose. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win unless you learn how to lose. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Sports, How, Unless

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Think, I Think, Only

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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Little Things, Winning, May

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Achieve, Go, More

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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Leukemia, Deal, Very

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Everybody, Give, Enhances

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Teacher, Been, Would

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Islam, Correct, Saw

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Ingredient, Crucial, Cannot

The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My Life, Leukemia, Maintain

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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Trying, Athlete, Someone

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Musicians, Political

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Game, Young, Players

Islam is about finding your own space. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Islam, Own, About

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Think, Explain, Compete

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Been, Making, Biggest

Music is really something that makes people whole. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Music, Whole, Makes

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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Sports, Development, Being

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Always, Defense, Pass

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Mind, Through, Resource

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

Book, Black, More

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Think, Always, Been

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

School, High, Pursue

I enjoy seeing new places. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Places, New, Seeing

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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Love, Doing, Means

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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

More, Need, More People

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