"I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success." ― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Topic(s): Success More From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "I didn’t really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home." "My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it." "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." More In Success "There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete."― Carl Lewis "Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."― Napoleon Hill "I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable."― Tom Ford