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. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabar
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-Jabar
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. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabar