Kareem Abdul-Jabar

"Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. "

"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. "

"I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck. "

"It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road. "

"My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. "

"The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since. "